Integrated analysis of single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing reveals pro-fibrotic PLA2G7high macrophages in pulmonary fibrosis

J Wang, M Jiang, A Xiong, L Zhang, L Luo, Y Liu… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is the pathological change of end-stage interstitial lung diseases
with high mortality and limited therapeutic options. Lung macrophages have distinct subsets …

Single cell RNA-seq and mass cytometry reveals a novel and a targetable population of macrophages in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

EA Ayaub, S Poli, J Ng, T Adams, J Schupp… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
In this study, we leveraged a combination of single cell RNAseq, cytometry by time of flight
(CyTOF), and flow cytometry to study the biology of a unique macrophage population in …

Therapeutic strategies targeting pro-fibrotic macrophages in interstitial lung disease

T Isshiki, M Vierhout, S Naiel, P Ali… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the representative phenotype of interstitial lung disease
where severe scarring develops in the lung interstitium. Although antifibrotic treatments are …

Reference-based analysis of lung single-cell sequencing reveals a transitional profibrotic macrophage

D Aran, AP Looney, L Liu, E Wu, V Fong, A Hsu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Tissue fibrosis is a major cause of mortality that results from the deposition of matrix proteins
by an activated mesenchyme. Macrophages accumulate in fibrosis, but the role of specific …

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals ectopic and aberrant lung-resident cell populations in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

TS Adams, JC Schupp, S Poli, EA Ayaub… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
We provide a single-cell atlas of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a fatal interstitial lung
disease, by profiling 312,928 cells from 32 IPF, 28 smoker and nonsmoker controls, and 18 …

Multiple fibroblast subtypes contribute to matrix deposition in pulmonary fibrosis

X Liu, K Dai, X Zhang, G Huang, H Lynn… - American Journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Progressive pulmonary fibrosis results from a dysfunctional tissue repair response and is
characterized by fibroblast proliferation, activation, and invasion and extracellular matrix …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of human lung provides insights into the pathobiology of pulmonary fibrosis

PA Reyfman, JM Walter, N Joshi… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The contributions of diverse cell populations in the human lung to pulmonary
fibrosis pathogenesis are poorly understood. Single-cell RNA sequencing can reveal …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals profibrotic roles of distinct epithelial and mesenchymal lineages in pulmonary fibrosis

AC Habermann, AJ Gutierrez, LT Bui, SL Yahn… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a form of chronic lung disease characterized by pathologic
epithelial remodeling and accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM). To comprehensively …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging roles of interstitial macrophages in pulmonary fibrosis: a perspective from scRNA-seq analyses

Y Gu, T Lawrence, R Mohamed, Y Liang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary fibrosis is an irreversible and progressive disease affecting the lungs, and the
etiology remains poorly understood. This disease can be lethal and currently has no specific …

Defining the activated fibroblast population in lung fibrosis using single-cell sequencing

R Peyser, S MacDonnell, Y Gao, L Cheng… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal lung disorder driven by
unrelenting extracellular matrix deposition. Fibroblasts are recognized as the central …