2022
BAL Transcriptomes Characterize Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Endotypes With Prognostic Impact
De Sadeleer LJ, Verleden SE, Schupp JC, McDonough JE, Goos T, Yserbyt J, Bargagli E, Rottoli P, Kaminski N, Prasse A, Wuyts WA. BAL Transcriptomes Characterize Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Endotypes With Prognostic Impact. CHEST Journal 2022, 161: 1576-1588. PMID: 35063449, PMCID: PMC9424328, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisIPF samplesIndependent validation cohortAvailable gene expression datasetsClinical characteristicsPrognostic impactWorse survivalPathophysiologic mechanismsPulmonary fibrosisClinical evolutionClinical variablesValidation cohortEnrichment analysisBAL samplesSurvival-associated genesBlood samplesEndotypesStudy designControl participantsMitochondrial dysfunctionPatientsFibrosisSurvivalTranscription factorsNumeric trends
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