2020
Biobanking for Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Winkler J, Herzog E. Biobanking for Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Respiratory Medicine 2020, 117-130. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31507-8_9.Chapters
2019
Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated with Fibroblast Activation and Disease Progression in Scleroderma Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Ryu C, Sun H, Winkler J, Meena S, Walia A, Minasyan M, Brandsdorfer C, Gulati M, Peng X, Herzog E. Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated with Fibroblast Activation and Disease Progression in Scleroderma Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. 2019, a7219-a7219. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2019.199.1_meetingabstracts.a7219.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Extracellular Mitochondrial DNA Is Generated by Fibroblasts and Predicts Death in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Ryu C, Sun H, Gulati M, Herazo-Maya J, Chen Y, Osafo-Addo A, Brandsdorfer C, Winkler J, Blaul C, Faunce J, Pan H, Woolard T, Tzouvelekis A, Antin-Ozerkis DE, Puchalski JT, Slade M, Gonzalez AL, Bogenhagen DF, Kirillov V, Feghali-Bostwick C, Gibson K, Lindell K, Herzog RI, Dela Cruz CS, Mehal W, Kaminski N, Herzog EL, Trujillo G. Extracellular Mitochondrial DNA Is Generated by Fibroblasts and Predicts Death in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2017, 196: 1571-1581. PMID: 28783377, PMCID: PMC5754440, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201612-2480oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisNormal human lung fibroblastsExtracellular mitochondrial DNABronchoalveolar lavageIPF fibroblastsPulmonary fibrosisInnate immune ligandsEvent-free survivalSmooth muscle actin expressionMtDNA concentrationsSmooth muscle actin-expressing myofibroblastsGrowth factor-β1Muscle actin expressionHuman lung fibroblastsTGF-β1 stimulationExtracellular mtDNAIPF cohortClinical outcomesControl subjectsDisease progressionGlycolytic reprogrammingSoluble mediatorsTGF-β1Factor-β1Immune ligands
2014
Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis
Zhou Y, Peng H, Sun H, Peng X, Tang C, Gan Y, Chen X, Mathur A, Hu B, Slade MD, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Homer RJ, White ES, Lee CM, Moore MW, Gulati M, Lee CG, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 240ra76. PMID: 24920662, PMCID: PMC4340473, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisCHI3L1 levelsChitinase 3Lungs of patientsAlternative macrophage activationLevel of apoptosisAcute exacerbationFibroproliferative repairLung transplantationDisease exacerbationInjury phaseAmbulatory patientsEpithelial injuryPulmonary fibrosisIPF populationLung fibrosisMacrophage accumulationCHI3L1 expressionFibrotic phaseDisease progressionProfibrotic roleFibroproliferative responseMacrophage activationMyofibroblast transformationProtective role