2024
Fibrotic cocktail treated human precision lung slices replicate the cellular diversity of the IPF lung
Justet A, Pineda H, Adams T, Balayev A, Mitash N, Ishizuka M, Kim H, Khoury J, Cala-García J, Flint J, Schupp J, Ahangari F, Yan X, Rosas I, Kaminski N, Königshoff M. Fibrotic cocktail treated human precision lung slices replicate the cellular diversity of the IPF lung. Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires 2024, 41: 218. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2024.01.074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCellular repertoireCell typesSingle cell platformsSequence readsCDNA libraryIllumina platformHuman genomeNucleus transcriptomicsCellular diversityIPF lungsPulmonary fibrosisEMT markersAirway epithelial cellsBasaloid cellsCellular populationsEpithelial cellsFibrotic fibroblastsCell platformLung slicesLung cell populationsHuman precision-cut lung slicesCell populationsSenescence markersCellsBasal markers
2022
Saracatinib, a Selective Src Kinase Inhibitor, Blocks Fibrotic Responses in Preclinical Models of Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Ahangari F, Becker C, Foster DG, Chioccioli M, Nelson M, Beke K, Wang X, Justet A, Adams T, Readhead B, Meador C, Correll K, Lili LN, Roybal HM, Rose KA, Ding S, Barnthaler T, Briones N, DeIuliis G, Schupp JC, Li Q, Omote N, Aschner Y, Sharma L, Kopf KW, Magnusson B, Hicks R, Backmark A, Dela Cruz CS, Rosas I, Cousens LP, Dudley JT, Kaminski N, Downey GP. Saracatinib, a Selective Src Kinase Inhibitor, Blocks Fibrotic Responses in Preclinical Models of Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2022, 206: 1463-1479. PMID: 35998281, PMCID: PMC9757097, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202010-3832oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisHuman precision-cut lung slicesPrecision-cut lung slicesPulmonary fibrosisNormal human lung fibroblastsEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionHuman lung fibroblastsFibrogenic pathwaysPreclinical modelsMurine modelLung slicesSrc kinase inhibitorLung fibroblastsKinase inhibitorsAmelioration of fibrosisSelective Src kinase inhibitorHuman lung fibrosisWhole lung extractsPotential therapeutic efficacyIPF diseaseIPF treatmentLung functionInflammatory cascadeLung fibrosisAntifibrotic efficacy