Targeting fibrosis: Mechanisms and clinical trials

M Zhao, L Wang, M Wang, S Zhou, Y Lu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Fibrosis is characterized by the excessive extracellular matrix deposition due to
dysregulated wound and connective tissue repair response. Multiple organs can develop …

Impact of the Human Cell Atlas on medicine

JE Rood, A Maartens, A Hupalowska, SA Teichmann… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Single-cell atlases promise to provide a 'missing link'between genes, diseases and
therapies. By identifying the specific cell types, states, programs and contexts where disease …

An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease

L Sikkema, C Ramírez-Suástegui, DC Strobl… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Single-cell technologies have transformed our understanding of human tissues. Yet, studies
typically capture only a limited number of donors and disagree on cell type definitions …

A small-molecule TNIK inhibitor targets fibrosis in preclinical and clinical models

F Ren, A Aliper, J Chen, H Zhao, S Rao, C Kuppe… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an aggressive interstitial lung disease with a high
mortality rate. Putative drug targets in IPF have failed to translate into effective therapies at …

Dictionary learning for integrative, multimodal and scalable single-cell analysis

Y Hao, T Stuart, MH Kowalski, S Choudhary… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Map** single-cell sequencing profiles to comprehensive reference datasets provides a
powerful alternative to unsupervised analysis. However, most reference datasets are …

Alveolar fibroblast lineage orchestrates lung inflammation and fibrosis

T Tsukui, PJ Wolters, D Sheppard - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Fibroblasts are present throughout the body and function to maintain tissue homeostasis.
Recent studies have identified diverse fibroblast subsets in healthy and injured tissues,, but …

Pathogenic mechanisms underlying idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BJ Moss, SW Ryter, IO Rosas - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) involves a complex interplay of cell
types and signaling pathways. Recurrent alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) injury may occur in …

Identification of a broadly fibrogenic macrophage subset induced by type 3 inflammation

T Fabre, AMS Barron, SM Christensen, S Asano… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Macrophages are central orchestrators of the tissue response to injury, with distinct
macrophage activation states playing key roles in fibrosis progression and resolution …

Interstitial lung diseases

M Wijsenbeek, A Suzuki, TM Maher - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Over 200 interstitial lung diseases, from ultra rare to relatively common, are recognised.
Most interstitial lung diseases are characterised by inflammation or fibrosis within the …