2011
Genomic Differences Distinguish the Myofibroblast Phenotype of Distal Lung Fibroblasts from Airway Fibroblasts
Zhou X, Wu W, Hu H, Milosevic J, Konishi K, Kaminski N, Wenzel SE. Genomic Differences Distinguish the Myofibroblast Phenotype of Distal Lung Fibroblasts from Airway Fibroblasts. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2011, 45: 1256-1262. PMID: 21757679, PMCID: PMC3262668, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0065oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic differencesMicroarray analysisC-Jun N-terminal kinaseExtracellular matrix-associated moleculesMyofibroblast-like characteristicsDistinct genomic differencesN-terminal kinasePotential functional implicationsQuantitative real-time PCRMatrix-associated moleculesCytoskeletal organizationGene OntologyActin bindingLung fibroblastsReal-time PCRMyofibroblast phenotypeFunctional implicationsParenchymal fibroblastsAirway fibroblastsDifferentiated fibroblastsPathway activationDifferent phenotypesRegional fibroblastsFibroblastsPhenotype
2010
Genomewide RNA expression profiling in lung identifies distinct signatures in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and secondary pulmonary hypertension
Rajkumar R, Konishi K, Richards TJ, Ishizawar DC, Wiechert AC, Kaminski N, Ahmad F. Genomewide RNA expression profiling in lung identifies distinct signatures in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and secondary pulmonary hypertension. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2010, 298: h1235-h1248. PMID: 20081107, PMCID: PMC2853417, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00254.2009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPathogenesis of PAHIdiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertensionPulmonary hypertensionArterial hypertensionRegulation of actinThrombospondin type 1 motif 9Pulmonary arteriolar remodelingSecondary pulmonary hypertensionCoagulation factor II receptorDistinct pathophysiological mechanismsLife-threatening conditionDistinct gene expression signaturesEstrogen receptor 1Nuclear receptor coactivator 2RNA expression profilesPurinergic receptor P2YGenomewide microarray analysisPlatelet factor 4RNA expression profilingHigh expression levelsOncogene homolog 1Gene expression signaturesProtein ubiquitination