Mechanisms of progressive fibrosis in connective tissue disease (CTD)-associated interstitial lung diseases (ILDs)

P Spagnolo, O Distler, CJ Ryerson… - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), which can arise from a broad spectrum of distinct
aetiologies, can manifest as a pulmonary complication of an underlying autoimmune and …

Immune mechanisms in fibrotic interstitial lung disease

M Kamiya, H Carter, MS Espindola, TJ Doyle, JS Lee… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (fILDs) have poor survival rates and lack effective therapies.
Despite evidence for immune mechanisms in lung fibrosis, immunotherapies have been …

Ex vivo tissue perturbations coupled to single-cell RNA-seq reveal multilineage cell circuit dynamics in human lung fibrogenesis

NJ Lang, J Gote-Schniering… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Pulmonary fibrosis develops as a consequence of failed regeneration after injury. Analyzing
mechanisms of regeneration and fibrogenesis directly in human tissue has been hampered …

Extracellular matrix profiles determine risk and prognosis of the squamous cell carcinoma subtype of non-small cell lung carcinoma

AL Parker, E Bowman, A Zingone, BM Ryan… - Genome medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) is a subtype of non-small cell lung
cancer for which patient prognosis remains poor. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is critical in …

TGF-β pathway activation by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) fibroblast derived soluble factors is mediated by IL-6 trans-signaling

G Epstein Shochet, E Brook, B Bardenstein-Wald… - Respiratory …, 2020 - Springer
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and ultimately fatal disease
characterized by a progressive decline in lung function. Fibrotic diseases, such as IPF, are …

A lung targeted miR-29 mimic as a therapy for pulmonary fibrosis

M Chioccioli, S Roy, R Newell, L Pestano… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background MicroRNAs are non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate gene networks.
Previously, we reported that systemically delivered miR-29 mimic MRG-201 reduced fibrosis …

Spatial transcriptomics of the respiratory system

S Megas, A Wilbrey-Clark, A Maartens… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Over the last decade, single-cell genomics has revealed remarkable heterogeneity and
plasticity of cell types in the lungs and airways. The challenge now is to understand how …

Integrative analysis of cell state changes in lung fibrosis with peripheral protein biomarkers

CH Mayr, LM Simon, G Leuschner, M Ansari… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
The correspondence of cell state changes in diseased organs to peripheral protein
signatures is currently unknown. Here, we generated and integrated single‐cell …

YTHDC1 delays cellular senescence and pulmonary fibrosis by activating ATR in an m6A-independent manner

C Zhang, L Chen, C **e, F Wang, J Wang… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Accumulation of DNA damage in the lung induces cellular senescence and promotes age-
related diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Hence, understanding the …