2022
Recruited monocytes/macrophages drive pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation and irreversible lung tissue remodeling in cystic fibrosis
Öz H, Cheng E, Di Pietro C, Tebaldi T, Biancon G, Zeiss C, Zhang P, Huang P, Esquibies S, Britto C, Schupp J, Murray T, Halene S, Krause D, Egan M, Bruscia E. Recruited monocytes/macrophages drive pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation and irreversible lung tissue remodeling in cystic fibrosis. Cell Reports 2022, 41: 111797. PMID: 36516754, PMCID: PMC9833830, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC motif chemokine receptor 2Monocytes/macrophagesLung tissue damageCystic fibrosisTissue damageCF lungPulmonary neutrophilic inflammationPro-inflammatory environmentChemokine receptor 2CF lung diseaseNumber of monocytesSpecific therapeutic agentsGrowth factor βCF transmembrane conductance regulatorLung hyperinflammationLung neutrophiliaNeutrophilic inflammationNeutrophil inflammationInflammation contributesLung damageNeutrophil recruitmentLung diseaseLung tissueReceptor 2Therapeutic target
2013
Targeting the Intracellular Environment in Cystic Fibrosis: Restoring Autophagy as a Novel Strategy to Circumvent the CFTR Defect
Villella VR, Esposito S, Bruscia EM, Maiuri MC, Raia V, Kroemer G, Maiuri L. Targeting the Intracellular Environment in Cystic Fibrosis: Restoring Autophagy as a Novel Strategy to Circumvent the CFTR Defect. Frontiers In Pharmacology 2013, 4: 1. PMID: 23346057, PMCID: PMC3549520, DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCF transmembrane conductance regulatorIntracellular environmentMutant CF transmembrane conductance regulatorF508del-CFTR proteinBeclin-1CFTR channel activityTransmembrane conductance regulatorDefective CF transmembrane conductance regulatorDirect gene transferGeneral proteostasisProteostasis regulatorsConformational diseasesDisabled autophagyCFTR mutantsAutophagosome formationPlasma membraneConductance regulatorF508del-CFTRCommon deletion mutationsDeletion mutationsRecent pre-clinical evidenceIntracellular retentionGene transferCFTR defectProteostasis
2011
Abnormal Trafficking and Degradation of TLR4 Underlie the Elevated Inflammatory Response in Cystic Fibrosis
Bruscia EM, Zhang PX, Satoh A, Caputo C, Medzhitov R, Shenoy A, Egan ME, Krause DS. Abnormal Trafficking and Degradation of TLR4 Underlie the Elevated Inflammatory Response in Cystic Fibrosis. The Journal Of Immunology 2011, 186: 6990-6998. PMID: 21593379, PMCID: PMC3111054, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100396.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCF transmembrane conductance regulatorFunctional CF transmembrane conductance regulatorMurine cellsIFN regulatory factor-3 pathwaysPrimary murine cellsTransmembrane conductance regulator