The pathology of small airways disease in COPD: historical aspects and future directions

A Higham, AM Quinn, JED Cançado, D Singh - Respiratory research, 2019 - Springer
Small airways disease (SAD) is a cardinal feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) first recognized in the nineteenth century. The diverse histopathological features …

COVID-19, COPD, and AECOPD: immunological, epidemiological, and clinical aspects

F Polverino, F Kheradmand - Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The newly identified severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
causes several heterogeneous clinical conditions collectively known as Coronavirus …

Metformin: experimental and clinical evidence for a potential role in emphysema treatment

F Polverino, TD Wu, J Rojas-Quintero… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Cigarette smoke (CS) inhalation triggers oxidative stress and inflammation,
leading to accelerated lung aging, apoptosis, and emphysema, as well as systemic …

A jack of all trades–ADAM8 as a signaling hub in inflammation and cancer

L Cook, FG Gharzia, JW Bartsch, D Yildiz - The FEBS Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As a member of the family of A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinases (ADAM) ADAM8 is
preferentially expressed in lymphatic organs, immune cells, and tumor cells. The substrate …

Spatial transcriptomics resolve an emphysema-specific lymphoid follicle B cell signature in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

J Rojas-Quintero, SA Ochsner, F New… - American journal of …, 2024 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Within chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema is
characterized by a significant yet partially understood B cell immune component. Objectives …

Does chronic obstructive pulmonary disease originate from different cell types?

Y Tesfaigzi, JL Curtis, I Petrache… - American journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
The onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is heterogeneous, and current
approaches to define distinct disease phenotypes are lacking. In addition to clinical …

Unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying chronic respiratory diseases for the development of novel therapeutics via in vitro experimental models

CL Tan, Y Chan, M Candasamy, J Chellian… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronic respiratory diseases have collectively become a major public health concern and
have now taken form as one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Most chronic …

Alpha-1 antitrypsin inhibits fractalkine-mediated monocyte-lung endothelial cell interactions

A Mikosz, K Ni, F Gally, KA Pratte… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by nonresolving
inflammation fueled by breach in the endothelial barrier and leukocyte recruitment into the …

A disintegrin and metalloproteinase-8 protects against erastin-induced neuronal ferroptosis via activating Nrf2/HO-1/FTH1 signaling pathway

Z Qian, Q Zhang, P Li, Y Li, Y Zhang, R Li, T Zhao… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Ferroptosis is a type of iron-dependent programmed cell death caused by the imbalance
between oxidants and antioxidants. A disintegrin and metalloproteinase-8 (ADAM8) is a …

[HTML][HTML] CC16 augmentation reduces exaggerated COPD-like disease in Cc16-deficient mice

J Rojas-Quintero, ME Laucho-Contreras, X Wang… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Low Club Cell 16 kDa protein (CC16) plasma levels are linked to accelerated lung
function decline in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette …