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
2020
Retrograde signaling by a mtDNA-encoded non-coding RNA preserves mitochondrial bioenergetics
Blumental-Perry A, Jobava R, Bederman I, Degar A, Kenche H, Guan B, Pandit K, Perry N, Molyneaux N, Wu J, Prendergas E, Ye Z, Zhang J, Nelson C, Ahangari F, Krokowski D, Guttentag S, Linden P, Townsend D, Miron A, Kang M, Kaminski N, Perry Y, Hatzoglou M. Retrograde signaling by a mtDNA-encoded non-coding RNA preserves mitochondrial bioenergetics. Communications Biology 2020, 3: 626. PMID: 33127975, PMCID: PMC7603330, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01322-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial genomeNuclear-encoded genesCell type-specific mannerNon-coding RNASteady-state transcriptionMitochondrial energy metabolismControl regionPositive regulationMitochondrial bioenergeticsMitochondria stressMitochondrial functionSpecific mannerAlveolar epithelial type II cellsEnergy metabolismType II cellsEpithelial type II cellsGenomePhysiological stressRNAII cellsCellsMouse lungTranscriptionGenesMitochondria
2002
Mice heterozygous for mutation in Atm, the gene involved in ataxia-telangiectasia, have heightened susceptibility to cancer
Spring K, Ahangari F, Scott SP, Waring P, Purdie DM, Chen PC, Hourigan K, Ramsay J, McKinnon PJ, Swift M, Lavin MF. Mice heterozygous for mutation in Atm, the gene involved in ataxia-telangiectasia, have heightened susceptibility to cancer. Nature Genetics 2002, 32: 185-190. PMID: 12195425, DOI: 10.1038/ng958.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAtaxia TelangiectasiaAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCell SurvivalChromosomesDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleGamma RaysGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHeterozygoteHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMutation, MissenseNeoplasmsPenetranceProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesTumor Suppressor ProteinsConceptsAtaxia telangiectasiaATM kinase activityDominant negative effectATM cDNAGenome instabilityHeterozygous miceRadiation-induced chromosomal aberrationsKinase activityCancer predispositionFrame deletionMutationsControl cellsGenesChromosomal aberrationsCellsCDNAMouse carriersDeletionMiceHeterozygous carriersAtmFirst timeExpressionFurther support