2022
Airway basal cells show a dedifferentiated KRT17highPhenotype and promote fibrosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Jaeger B, Schupp JC, Plappert L, Terwolbeck O, Artysh N, Kayser G, Engelhard P, Adams TS, Zweigerdt R, Kempf H, Lienenklaus S, Garrels W, Nazarenko I, Jonigk D, Wygrecka M, Klatt D, Schambach A, Kaminski N, Prasse A. Airway basal cells show a dedifferentiated KRT17highPhenotype and promote fibrosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 5637. PMID: 36163190, PMCID: PMC9513076, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33193-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAirway basal cellsPulmonary fibrosisNovel mouse xenograft modelEffect of saracatinibBasal cellsLimited treatment optionsMouse xenograft modelLung developmental processesConnectivity Map analysisExtracellular matrix depositionIPF lungsBronchial brushSevere fibrosisTreatment optionsBronchial brushingsNRG miceHealthy volunteersXenograft modelCyst-like structuresProfibrotic changesAlveolar compartmentFatal diseaseFibrosisPotent Src inhibitor
2021
Single-cell characterization of a model of poly I:C-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe asthma
Chen A, Diaz-Soto MP, Sanmamed MF, Adams T, Schupp JC, Gupta A, Britto C, Sauler M, Yan X, Liu Q, Nino G, Cruz CSD, Chupp GL, Gomez JL. Single-cell characterization of a model of poly I:C-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe asthma. Respiratory Research 2021, 22: 122. PMID: 33902571, PMCID: PMC8074196, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01709-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSevere asthmaEffector T cellsBlood mononuclear cellsT cellsHealthy controlsPoly IDendritic cellsMononuclear cellsUnstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cellsInterferon responseTLR3 agonist poly IImpaired interferon responseMain cell subsetsNatural killer cellsPro-inflammatory profilePro-inflammatory pathwaysC stimulationCyTOF profilingHigh CD8Cell typesEffector cellsKiller cellsCell subsetsMain cell typesLong noncoding RNA TINCR is a novel regulator of human bronchial epithelial cell differentiation state
Omote N, Sakamoto K, Li Q, Schupp JC, Adams T, Ahangari F, Chioccioli M, DeIuliis G, Hashimoto N, Hasegawa Y, Kaminski N. Long noncoding RNA TINCR is a novel regulator of human bronchial epithelial cell differentiation state. Physiological Reports 2021, 9: e14727. PMID: 33527707, PMCID: PMC7851438, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerminal differentiation-induced lncRNANormal human bronchial epithelial cellsTINCR overexpressionCell differentiationNotch genesTissue developmentBronchial epithelial cellsExtracellular matrix organizationCell phenotypeRNA sequencing analysisNumerous biological functionsRole of lncRNAsCell differentiation stateEpithelial cellsHuman bronchial epithelial cellsCiliated cell differentiationStaufen1 proteinNovel regulatorBasal cell phenotypeDownstream regulatorsRNA immunoprecipitationBiological functionsCritical regulatorDifferential expressionDifferentiation state
2020
Collagen-producing lung cell atlas identifies multiple subsets with distinct localization and relevance to fibrosis
Tsukui T, Sun KH, Wetter JB, Wilson-Kanamori JR, Hazelwood LA, Henderson NC, Adams TS, Schupp JC, Poli SD, Rosas IO, Kaminski N, Matthay MA, Wolters PJ, Sheppard D. Collagen-producing lung cell atlas identifies multiple subsets with distinct localization and relevance to fibrosis. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 1920. PMID: 32317643, PMCID: PMC7174390, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15647-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCollagen-producing cellsSitu hybridization showDisease-relevant phenotypesCell atlasDistinct localizationExpression of CTHRC1Fibrotic lungsDifferent compartmentsPulmonary fibrosisDistinct anatomical localizationCellsCTHRC1Murine lungFibroblastsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAdoptive transfer experimentsLocalizationSubpopulationsComplex architectureTransfer experimentsFibroblastic fociPathologic fibrosisPathologic scarringScleroderma patientsSimilar heterogeneity
2018
Phenotypes of organ involvement in sarcoidosis
Schupp J, Freitag-Wolf S, Bargagli E, Mihailović-Vučinić V, Rottoli P, Grubanovic A, Müller A, Jochens A, Tittmann L, Schnerch J, Olivieri C, Fischer A, Jovanovic D, Filipovic S, Videnovic-Ivanovic J, Bresser P, Jonkers R, O'Reilly K, Ho L, Gaede K, Zabel P, Dubaniewicz A, Marshall B, Kieszko R, Milanowski J, Günther A, Weihrich A, Petrek M, Kolek V, Keane M, O'Beirne S, Donnelly S, Haraldsdottir S, Jorundsdottir K, Costabel U, Bonella F, Wallaert B, Grah C, Peroš-Golubičić T, Luisetti M, Kadija Z, Pabst S, Grohé C, Strausz J, Vašáková M, Sterclova M, Millar A, Homolka J, Slováková A, Kendrick Y, Crawshaw A, Wuyts W, Spencer L, Pfeifer M, Valeyre D, Poletti V, Wirtz H, Prasse A, Schreiber S, Krawczak M, Müller-Quernheim J. Phenotypes of organ involvement in sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 2018, 51: 1700991. PMID: 29371378, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00991-2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrgan involvementIntrathoracic lymph node involvementAbdominal organ involvementLymph node involvementEuropean multicentre studySystemic granulomatous diseaseNew clinical phenotypeHitherto unknown etiologyAcute onsetExtrapulmonary involvementNode involvementSkin involvementFemale patientsMulticentre studyDisease involvementUnknown etiologyCaucasian patientsGranulomatous diseaseHomogenous cohortSarcoidosisPatientsClinical phenotypeStudy centersStandardised protocolDisease phenotype
2017
Preferential Reduction of Circulating Innate Lymphoid Cells Type 2 in Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Secondary Complications Is Part of a Broader Immune Dysregulation
Friedmann D, Keller B, Harder I, Schupp J, Tanriver Y, Unger S, Warnatz K. Preferential Reduction of Circulating Innate Lymphoid Cells Type 2 in Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Secondary Complications Is Part of a Broader Immune Dysregulation. Journal Of Clinical Immunology 2017, 37: 759-769. PMID: 28936778, DOI: 10.1007/s10875-017-0444-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInnate lymphoid cellsCommon variable immunodeficiencyTh1-like T cellsCD21low B cellsCVID patientsT cellsSecondary complicationsVariable immunodeficiencyILC phenotypesB cellsInnate lymphoid cells type 2T helper cell subsetsBroad immune dysregulationThird of patientsCD4 T cellsCell type 2Helper cell subsetsInflammatory organ diseaseAdaptive immune systemAutoimmune manifestationsImmune dysregulationTh1 shiftCell subsetsImmunological phenotypePeripheral blood