Evidence for a lipofibroblast-to-Cthrc1+ myofibroblast reversible switch during the development and resolution of lung fibrosis in young mice

A Lingampally, M Truchi, O Mauduit… - European …, 2025 - publications.ersnet.org
Background Fibrosis is often associated with aberrant repair mechanisms that ultimately
lead to organ failure. In the lung, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal form of …

COX Postulates: Remember the Fibroblast

GA FitzGerald - Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Arachidonic acid is a polyunsaturated fatty acid con-stituent of cell membranes, mobilized for
release by activation of phospholipases by diverse physical and chemical stimuli. Its …

Impaired AMPK Control of Alveolar Epithelial Cell Metabolism Promotes Pulmonary Fibrosis

LR Rodriguez, KD Alysandratos, J Katzen, A Murthy… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Alveolar epithelial type II (AT2) cell dysfunction is implicated in the pathogenesis of familial
and sporadic idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We previously described that expression of …

Aberrant Transitional Alveolar Epithelial Cells Promote Pathogenic Activation of Lung Fibroblasts in Preclinical Fibrosis Modeling

ET Hoffman, WR Barboza, LR Rodriguez, R Dherwani… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a chronic progressive lung disease histopathologically
characterized by fibrotic remodeling and the presence of pathological epithelial and …