CHRNA7 and acute respiratory distress syndrome: comprehensively investigated the protective role of the CAP pathway in the ALI model: the nAChR agonists monepantel and lobeline, the specific α7nAChR agonists AR‐R17779 hydrochloride and GTS‐21, as well as the anticholinesterase neostigmine attenuated LPS‐induced pulmonary inflammation and tissue injury in ALI mice.