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10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110436 Summary Keywords inflammation, lung injury, carnosine, immune homeostasis, metabolomic profiling Citation Ruan L, Lin D, Lin B, Zhan Q, Zheng L, Lin D, Zhuang Y and Zeng Y (2025) Carnosine as a protective metabolic mediator in inflammatory lung injury by inhibiting macrophage infiltration and M1-like polarization