Disparate interferon signaling and shared aberrant basaloid cells in single-cell profiling of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial …

E Valenzi, T Tabib, A Papazoglou, J Sembrat… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung
disease (SSc-ILD) differ in the predominant demographics and identified genetic risk alleles …

Multiple stromal populations contribute to pulmonary fibrosis without evidence for epithelial to mesenchymal transition

JR Rock, CE Barkauskas, MJ Cronce… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
There are currently few treatment options for pulmonary fibrosis. Innovations may come from
a better understanding of the cellular origin of the characteristic fibrotic lesions. We have …

Fibrotic extracellular matrix activates a profibrotic positive feedback loop

MW Parker, D Rossi, M Peterson… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Pathological remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) by fibroblasts leads to organ
failure. Development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by a progressive …

Single-cell analysis reveals fibroblast heterogeneity and myofibroblasts in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease

E Valenzi, M Bulik, T Tabib, C Morse… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Myofibroblasts are key effector cells in the extracellular matrix remodelling of
systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD); however, the diversity of …

Characterization of the heterogeneity of endothelial cells in bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis using single-cell RNA sequencing

X Liu, X Qin, H Qin, C Jia, Y Yuan, T Sun, B Chen… - Angiogenesis, 2021 - Springer
The loss of normal alveolar capillary and deregulated angiogenesis occurs simultaneously
in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); however the contributions of specific endothelial …

Metabolic characterization and RNA profiling reveal glycolytic dependence of profibrotic phenotype of alveolar macrophages in lung fibrosis

N Xie, H Cui, J Ge, S Banerjee, S Guo… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Metabolic reprogramming has been intrinsically linked to macrophage activation. Alveolar
macrophages are known to play an important role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of Fas signaling in fibroblasts impairs homeostatic fibrosis resolution and promotes persistent pulmonary fibrosis

EF Redente, S Chakraborty, S Sajuthi, BP Black… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, irreversible fibrotic disease of the distal
lung alveoli that culminates in respiratory failure and reduced lifespan. Unlike normal lung …

Pulmonary macrophages: a new therapeutic pathway in fibrosing lung disease?

AJ Byrne, TM Maher, CM Lloyd - Trends in molecular medicine, 2016 - cell.com
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a growing clinical problem which can result in breathlessness or
respiratory failure and has an average life expectancy of 3 years from diagnosis …

Alveolar regeneration through a Krt8+ transitional stem cell state that persists in human lung fibrosis

M Strunz, LM Simon, M Ansari, JJ Kathiriya… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The cell type specific sequences of transcriptional programs during lung regeneration have
remained elusive. Using time-series single cell RNA-seq of the bleomycin lung injury model …

M2 macrophages promote myofibroblast differentiation of LR-MSCs and are associated with pulmonary fibrogenesis

J Hou, J Shi, L Chen, Z Lv, X Chen, H Cao… - Cell Communication and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease characterized by
the histopathological pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia and is associated with a high …