2021
Fibroblasts positive for meflin have anti-fibrotic properties in pulmonary fibrosis
Nakahara Y, Hashimoto N, Sakamoto K, Enomoto A, Adams TS, Yokoi T, Omote N, Poli S, Ando A, Wakahara K, Suzuki A, Inoue M, Hara A, Mizutani Y, Imaizumi K, Kawabe T, Rosas IO, Takahashi M, Kaminski N, Hasegawa Y. Fibroblasts positive for meflin have anti-fibrotic properties in pulmonary fibrosis. European Respiratory Journal 2021, 58: 2003397. PMID: 34049947, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.03397-2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisAnti-fibrotic propertiesRole of fibroblastsFibroblastic fociPathogenesis of IPFLung fibrosis modelSenescence-associated secretory phenotypeNormal lung samplesMesenchymal stromal cellsIPF patientsIPF lungsDense fibrosisPathological hallmark lesionsFibrosis modelFibrotic lungsHallmark lesionsSingle-cell atlasActive fibrogenesisElderly individualsLung samplesFibrosisSingle-cell RNA sequencingFibrotic regionsSecretory phenotype
2015
A Novel Genomic Signature with Translational Significance for Human Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Bauer Y, Tedrow J, de Bernard S, Birker-Robaczewska M, Gibson KF, Guardela BJ, Hess P, Klenk A, Lindell KO, Poirey S, Renault B, Rey M, Weber E, Nayler O, Kaminski N. A Novel Genomic Signature with Translational Significance for Human Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2015, 52: 217-231. PMID: 25029475, PMCID: PMC4370242, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0310oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisHuman idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisLung fibrosis modelGrowth factor-β1IPF lungsPulmonary fibrosisFibrosis modelFactor-β1Therapeutic interventionsDevastating lung diseasePrimary human lung fibroblastsLung Tissue Research ConsortiumGene marker setsPotential therapeutic interventionsHuman lung fibroblastsEpithelial A549 cellsHuman epithelial A549 cellsBleomycin instillationLung fibrosisControl lungsLung diseaseControl cohortControl subjectsTranslational significanceNovel treatments