2023
Somatic Mutations: The Next Frontier in Demystifying Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis?
Yan X, Kaminski N. Somatic Mutations: The Next Frontier in Demystifying Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis? American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2023, 208: 1150-1151. PMID: 37856835, PMCID: PMC10868359, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202310-1774ed.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDifferences in Mortality Among Patients With Asthma and COPD Hospitalized With COVID-19
Liu Y, Rajeevan H, Simonov M, Lee S, Wilson F, Desir G, Vinetz J, Yan X, Wang Z, Clark B, Possick J, Price C, Lutchmansingh D, Ortega H, Zaeh S, Gomez J, Cohn L, Gautam S, Chupp G. Differences in Mortality Among Patients With Asthma and COPD Hospitalized With COVID-19. The Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology In Practice 2023, 11: 3383-3390.e3. PMID: 37454926, PMCID: PMC10787810, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2023.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseType 2 inflammationCOVID-19 severitySOFA scoreAirway diseaseNoneosinophilic asthmaSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreOrgan Failure Assessment scoreSevere coronavirus disease 2019Higher SOFA scoreMedian SOFA scoreRetrospective cohort studyObstructive pulmonary diseaseOdds of mortalityLower SOFA scoresCells/μLCOVID-19 outcomesCoronavirus disease 2019Logistic regression analysisCOVID-19Clinical confoundersAsthma patientsCohort studyImmunological factorsClinical features
2021
MicroRNA miR-24-3p reduces DNA damage responses, apoptosis, and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nouws J, Wan F, Finnemore E, Roque W, Kim SJ, Bazan IS, Li CX, Sköld C, Dai Q, Yan X, Chioccioli M, Neumeister V, Britto CJ, Sweasy J, Bindra RS, Wheelock ÅM, Gomez JL, Kaminski N, Lee PJ, Sauler M. MicroRNA miR-24-3p reduces DNA damage responses, apoptosis, and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. JCI Insight 2021, 6: e134218. PMID: 33290275, PMCID: PMC7934877, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.134218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular stress responseStress responseHomology-directed DNA repairDNA damage responseProtein BRCA1Damage responseCellular stressDNA repairProtein BimCOPD lung tissueLung epithelial cellsCellular responsesExpression arraysEpithelial cell apoptosisDNA damageChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBRCA1 expressionCell apoptosisApoptosisEpithelial cellsCritical mechanismMicroRNAsRegulatorObstructive pulmonary diseaseIncreases Susceptibility