2018
Fibrosis: Lessons from OMICS analyses of the human lung
Yu G, Ibarra GH, Kaminski N. Fibrosis: Lessons from OMICS analyses of the human lung. Matrix Biology 2018, 68: 422-434. PMID: 29567123, PMCID: PMC6015529, DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2018.03.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisDramatic phenotypic alterationsTranscriptomic studiesOmics analysisOmics profilingOmics technologiesPulmonary fibrosisNumerous aberrationsPhenotypic alterationsMechanistic understandingHuman idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisIPF lung tissueEpithelial cellsCentral roleHuman tissuesIPF samplesNew insightsMolecular featuresIPF lungsInflammatory cellsPatient cohortLung tissueAnimal modelsLethal disorderHuman lung
2017
Application of “Omics” and Systems Biology to Sarcoidosis Research
Crouser ED, Fingerlin TE, Yang IV, Maier LA, Nana-Sinkam P, Collman RG, Kaminski N. Application of “Omics” and Systems Biology to Sarcoidosis Research. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2017, 14: s445-s451. PMID: 29053026, PMCID: PMC5822413, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201707-567ot.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystems biology researchBiology researchSystems biologyDistinct genetic mechanismsNumerous genetic mutationsField of sarcoidosisGenetic mechanismsDiverse clinical phenotypesOmicsMechanistic underpinningsComprehensive profilingPolygenic diseaseGenetic mutationsDiverse diseasesBiologyAdvanced computational approachesEnormous data setsComputational approachClinical phenotypeOrganismsPolygenicMutationsDisease-related mortalityPhenotypeLife-altering symptoms