Therapeutic targets in lung tissue remodelling and fibrosis

G Liu, AM Philp, T Corte, MA Travis, H Schilter… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Structural changes involving tissue remodelling and fibrosis are major features of many
pulmonary diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and …

Mechanical and physical regulation of fibroblast–myofibroblast transition: from cellular mechanoresponse to tissue pathology

M D'Urso, NA Kurniawan - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Fibroblasts are cells present throughout the human body that are primarily responsible for
the production and maintenance of the extracellular matrix (ECM) within the tissues. They …

Airway smooth muscle pathophysiology in asthma

B Camoretti-Mercado, RF Lockey - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The airway smooth muscle (ASM) cell plays a central role in the pathogenesis of asthma and
constitutes an important target for treatment. These cells control muscle tone and thus …

Innate-like functions of natural killer T cell subsets result from highly divergent gene programs

I Engel, G Seumois, L Chavez… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Natural killer T cells (NKT cells) have stimulatory or inhibitory effects on the immune
response that can be attributed in part to the existence of functional subsets of NKT cells …

Fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition in bronchial asthma

M Michalik, K Wójcik-Pszczoła, M Paw, D Wnuk… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease in which bronchial wall remodelling
plays a significant role. This phenomenon is related to enhanced proliferation of airway …

Mechanisms and treatments for severe, steroid‐resistant allergic airway disease and asthma

PM Hansbro, RY Kim, MR Starkey… - Immunological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Severe, steroid‐resistant asthma is clinically and economically important since affected
individuals do not respond to mainstay corticosteroid treatments for asthma. Patients with …

Extracellular matrix-derived peptides in tissue remodeling and fibrosis

LE de Castro Brás, NG Frangogiannis - Matrix biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Alterations in the composition of the extracellular matrix (ECM) critically regulate the cellular
responses in tissue repair, remodeling, and fibrosis. After injury, proteolytic degradation of …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic lung diseases: entangled in extracellular matrix

JK Burgess, MC Harmsen - European Respiratory Review, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the scaffold that provides structure and support to all
organs, including the lung; however, it is also much more than this. The ECM provides …

Macrophage–stroma interactions in fibrosis: biochemical, biophysical, and cellular perspectives

GF Vasse, M Nizamoglu, IH Hei**k… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fibrosis results from aberrant wound healing and is characterized by an accumulation of
extracellular matrix, impairing the function of an affected organ. Increased deposition of …

Airway remodelling and inflammation in asthma are dependent on the extracellular matrix protein fibulin‐1c

G Liu, MA Cooley, PM Nair, C Donovan… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. It is characterized by allergic
airway inflammation, airway remodelling, and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). Asthma …