The future of cystic fibrosis treatment: from disease mechanisms to novel therapeutic approaches

SY Graeber, MA Mall - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
With the 2019 breakthrough in the development of highly effective modulator therapy
providing unprecedented clinical benefits for over 90% of patients with cystic fibrosis who …

Harnessing three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models for pulmonary infections: State of the art and future directions

DD Shah, NR Raghani, MR Chorawala, S Singh… - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's …, 2023 - Springer
Pulmonary infections have been a leading etiology of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Upper and lower respiratory tract infections have multifactorial causes, which include …

[HTML][HTML] Altering the viscoelastic properties of mucus-grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms affects antibiotic susceptibility

KR Rouillard, MR Markovetz, WJ Kissner, WL Boone… - Biofilm, 2023 - Elsevier
The viscoelastic properties of biofilms are correlated with their susceptibility to mechanical
and chemical stress, and the airway environment in muco-obstructive pulmonary diseases …

Emerging imaging modalities for functional assessment of donor lungs ex vivo

MR Hudock, MR Pinezich, M Mir, J Chen… - Current opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The severe shortage of functional donor lungs that can be offered to recipients has been a
major challenge in lung transplantation. Innovative ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) and tissue …

Mucociliary clearance is impaired in small airways of cystic fibrosis pigs

CG Stewart, BM Hilkin, ND Gansemer… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder characterized by recurrent airway infections,
inflammation, impaired mucociliary clearance, and progressive decline in lung function. The …

The pH-sensitive translocation of V-ATPase in the small airway of cystic fibrosis pigs

R Villacreses, IM Thornell, X Li… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
In contrast to pig large airways, the pH of airway surface liquid (ASL) in pig small airways is
regulated by CFTR-mediated HCO–3 secretion and the vacuolar-type H+ ATPase (V …

Tromethamine improves mucociliary clearance in cystic fibrosis pigs

JJ Ash, BM Hilkin, ND Gansemer… - Physiological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In cystic fibrosis (CF), the loss of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(CFTR) mediated Cl− and HCO3− secretion across the epithelium acidifies the airway …

A mechano-diffusion characterization platform for probing strain-programmable nanoparticle diffusion in hydrogels

C Ye, S Lin - MRS Communications, 2024 - Springer
Nanoparticle diffusion is a fundamental process that ubiquitously exists in life science and
engineering technology. Recent studies demonstrate the potential of harnessing mechanical …

Magnetic resonance brain volumetry biomarkers of CLN2 Batten disease identified with miniswine model

K Knoernschild, HJ Johnson, KE Schroeder, VJ Swier… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) disease (Batten disease) is a
rare pediatric disease, with symptom development leading to clinical diagnosis. Early …

Inferring patterns of recombination and divergence with ancient and modern treponemal genomes

A Gülfirde, M Pla-Díaz, M Molak, L du Plessis… - …, 2023 - bazawiedzy.upwr.edu.pl
The treponemal diseases yaws, bejel and syphilis, all caused by subspecies of the
bacterium Treponema pallidum, are re-emerging worldwide, yet their origins and spread …