VIM and acute respiratory distress syndrome: Various forms of vimentin regulate lymphocyte differentiation, activation, and inflammation through inflammasomes and act as DAMPs, signifying its multipronged role in the development of ALI (Dellagi et al., 1983; Mor-Vaknin et al., 2003; Benes et al., 2006; Nieminen et al., 2006; Dos Santos et al., 2015; Lam et al., 2018; Yu et al., 2018; Su L. et al., 2019; Su L.-X.