2021
Bone Marrow-Derived VSELs Engraft as Lung Epithelial Progenitor Cells after Bleomycin-Induced Lung Injury
Ciechanowicz AK, Sielatycka K, Cymer M, Skoda M, Suszyńska M, Bujko K, Ratajczak MZ, Krause DS, Kucia M. Bone Marrow-Derived VSELs Engraft as Lung Epithelial Progenitor Cells after Bleomycin-Induced Lung Injury. Cells 2021, 10: 1570. PMID: 34206516, PMCID: PMC8303224, DOI: 10.3390/cells10071570.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBronchioalveolar stem cellsOrganoid assaysAT2 cellsStem cellsH2B-GFP fusion proteinLung epithelial progenitor cellsProgenitor cellsEmbryonic-like stem cellsSurfactant protein CSmall embryonic-like stem cellsEpithelial progenitor cellsLung injuryNonhematopoietic stem cellsFusion proteinAlveolar type 2 cellsPhysiological potentialProgenitor activityBleomycin-Induced Lung InjuryH2B-GFP miceWT recipient miceRegenerative functionSPC promoterType 2 cellsVSELsReporter mice
2018
Surfactant protein C dampens inflammation by decreasing JAK/STAT activation during lung repair
Jin H, Ciechanowicz AK, Kaplan AR, Wang L, Zhang P, Lu YC, Tobin RE, Tobin BA, Cohn L, Zeiss CJ, Lee PJ, Bruscia EM, Krause DS. Surfactant protein C dampens inflammation by decreasing JAK/STAT activation during lung repair. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2018, 314: l882-l892. PMID: 29345196, PMCID: PMC6008135, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00418.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute respiratory distress syndromeKO miceSurfactant protein CClinical acute respiratory distress syndromeProtein CAlveolar type 2 cellsAnti-inflammatory mediatorsRespiratory distress syndromeBronchoalveolar lavage fluidAnti-inflammatory moleculesPhosphorylated signal transductionType 2 cellsSPC expressionInducible suicide geneJanus kinaseLevels of suppressorDistress syndromeBAL fluidGranulocyte infiltrationJAK1/2 inhibitorLavage fluidProinflammatory phenotypeInflammatory cytokinesSevere inflammationInjury model
2008
Bone Marrow–derived Cells and Stem Cells in Lung Repair
Krause DS. Bone Marrow–derived Cells and Stem Cells in Lung Repair. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2008, 5: 323-327. PMID: 18403327, PMCID: PMC2645242, DOI: 10.1513/pats.200712-169dr.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMarrow-derived epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsBM cellsTissue injuryBone marrow-derived cellsBM-derived cellsMarrow-derived cellsPotential clinical utilityBronchiolar epithelial cellsType II pneumocytesLung damageTracheal epithelial cellsLung repairClinical utilityGI tractBone marrowTissue damagePeer-reviewed studiesNonhematopoietic cell typesBeneficial effectsPotential mechanismsTissue repairLungInjuryTissue microenvironment