2015
Enhancing Autophagy with Drugs or Lung-directed Gene Therapy Reverses the Pathological Effects of Respiratory Epithelial Cell Proteinopathy*
Hidvegi T, Stolz DB, Alcorn JF, Yousem SA, Wang J, Leme AS, Houghton AM, Hale P, Ewing M, Cai H, Garchar EA, Pastore N, Annunziata P, Kaminski N, Pilewski J, Shapiro SD, Pak SC, Silverman GA, Brunetti-Pierri N, Perlmutter DH. Enhancing Autophagy with Drugs or Lung-directed Gene Therapy Reverses the Pathological Effects of Respiratory Epithelial Cell Proteinopathy*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2015, 290: 29742-29757. PMID: 26494620, PMCID: PMC4705969, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.691253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlpha 1-Antitrypsin DeficiencyAnimalsAutophagyDisease Models, AnimalEpithelial CellsGenetic TherapyLungMiceConceptsSpontaneous pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisΑ1-antitrypsin ZPathological effectsSevere pulmonary fibrosisRespiratory epithelial cellsPiZ miceRestrictive deficitsActivation of autophagyLeukocyte infiltrationSurfactant protein AAnimal modelsC deficiencyFibrosisProteinopathiesSkeletal muscleEpithelial cellsIntracellular accumulationAutophagolysosomal systemLungMiceAttractive targetAutophagyDrugsRecent studies
2010
Have advanced research technologies made real impact on respiratory medicine?
Kjetil A, EICKELBERG O, GAULDIE J, KAMINSKI N, Martin K. Have advanced research technologies made real impact on respiratory medicine? Respirology 2010, 15: 876-880. PMID: 20646243, DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01811.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene array analysisGenetic manipulationGene expressionSystems biologyMolecular researchNovel pathwayArray analysisTremendous sophisticationDisease initiationPotential roleNovel toolAdvanced research technologiesLung diseaseRespiratory medicineHumans todayProteomicsUnique insightsGenesRNABiologyBioinformaticsProteinChronic lung diseaseTherapeutic interventionsPathway