Alveolar type II epithelial cell FASN maintains lipid homeostasis in experimental COPD
Fan L, McConn K, Plataki M, Kenny S, Williams N, Kim K, Quirke J, Chen Y, Sauler M, Möbius M, Chung K, Gomez E, Choi A, Xu J, Cloonan S. Alveolar type II epithelial cell FASN maintains lipid homeostasis in experimental COPD. JCI Insight 2023, 8: e163403. PMID: 37606038, PMCID: PMC10543729, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.163403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAEC2 cellsFatty acid synthaseCigarette smokeExperimental chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBronchoalveolar lavage fluid neutrophilsLipid metabolismDisease-chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseAlveolar epithelial type II cellsEpithelial type II cellsType II cellsCOPD developmentPulmonary diseaseAirspace enlargementBALF proteinLipogenesis enzymesFerroptosis markersHigh-throughput lipidomic analysisSurfactant phospholipidsMiceSurfactant synthesisLipid homeostasisII cellsCell function