2020
Genome-Wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Allen RJ, Guillen-Guio B, Oldham JM, Ma SF, Dressen A, Paynton ML, Kraven LM, Obeidat M, Li X, Ng M, Braybrooke R, Molina-Molina M, Hobbs BD, Putman RK, Sakornsakolpat P, Booth HL, Fahy WA, Hart SP, Hill MR, Hirani N, Hubbard RB, McAnulty RJ, Millar AB, Navaratnam V, Oballa E, Parfrey H, Saini G, Whyte MKB, Zhang Y, Kaminski N, Adegunsoye A, Strek ME, Neighbors M, Sheng XR, Gudmundsson G, Gudnason V, Hatabu H, Lederer DJ, Manichaikul A, Newell JD, O’Connor G, Ortega VE, Xu H, Fingerlin TE, Bossé Y, Hao K, Joubert P, Nickle DC, Sin DD, Timens W, Furniss D, Morris AP, Zondervan KT, Hall IP, Sayers I, Tobin MD, Maher TM, Cho MH, Hunninghake GM, Schwartz DA, Yaspan BL, Molyneaux PL, Flores C, Noth I, Jenkins RG, Wain LV. Genome-Wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 201: 564-574. PMID: 31710517, PMCID: PMC7047454, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201905-1017oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCase-Control StudiesCell Cycle ProteinsFemaleGene ExpressionGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKinesinsMaleMiddle AgedRisk AssessmentSignal TransductionSpindle ApparatusTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesIPF susceptibilityNew genome-wide significant signalsGenome-wide significant signalsGenome-wide analysisCell-cell adhesionLarge genome-wide association studiesImportance of mTORPolygenic risk score analysisTelomere maintenanceCausal genesFunctional analysisSusceptibility variantsRisk score analysisMultiple pathwaysGenetic associationGenesHost defensePolygenic risk scoresIndependent studiesPossible roleExpression associatesSignificant signalRecent studies
2015
Enhancing Autophagy with Drugs or Lung-directed Gene Therapy Reverses the Pathological Effects of Respiratory Epithelial Cell Proteinopathy*
Hidvegi T, Stolz DB, Alcorn JF, Yousem SA, Wang J, Leme AS, Houghton AM, Hale P, Ewing M, Cai H, Garchar EA, Pastore N, Annunziata P, Kaminski N, Pilewski J, Shapiro SD, Pak SC, Silverman GA, Brunetti-Pierri N, Perlmutter DH. Enhancing Autophagy with Drugs or Lung-directed Gene Therapy Reverses the Pathological Effects of Respiratory Epithelial Cell Proteinopathy*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2015, 290: 29742-29757. PMID: 26494620, PMCID: PMC4705969, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.691253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisΑ1-antitrypsin ZPathological effectsSevere pulmonary fibrosisRespiratory epithelial cellsPiZ miceRestrictive deficitsActivation of autophagyLeukocyte infiltrationSurfactant protein AAnimal modelsC deficiencyFibrosisProteinopathiesSkeletal muscleEpithelial cellsIntracellular accumulationAutophagolysosomal systemLungMiceAttractive targetAutophagyDrugsRecent studiesMesenchymal stem cells use extracellular vesicles to outsource mitophagy and shuttle microRNAs
Phinney DG, Di Giuseppe M, Njah J, Sala E, Shiva S, St Croix CM, Stolz DB, Watkins SC, Di YP, Leikauf GD, Kolls J, Riches DW, Deiuliis G, Kaminski N, Boregowda SV, McKenna DH, Ortiz LA. Mesenchymal stem cells use extracellular vesicles to outsource mitophagy and shuttle microRNAs. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 8472. PMID: 26442449, PMCID: PMC4598952, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArrestinsBlotting, WesternCell-Derived MicroparticlesExosomesExtracellular VesiclesFlow CytometryHumansMacrophagesMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMicroRNAsMicroscopy, ElectronMitochondriaMitophagyMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Oxidative StressReceptors, ImmunologicSignal TransductionSilicosisToll-Like Receptor 4Toll-Like Receptor 9Toll-Like ReceptorsConceptsMesenchymal stem cellsStem cellsDomain-containing protein 1Stem cell nicheHealthy mitochondrial functionHaematopoietic stem cellsCell nichePlasma membraneToll-like receptor signalingIntracellular oxidative stressMitochondrial functionExtracellular vesiclesMicro RNAsReceptor signalingProtein 1MitophagyMSC survivalMitochondriaOxidative stressMacrophage functionVesiclesCellsRecent studiesMacrophage activationMacrophages
2012
Biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Zhang Y, Kaminski N. Biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Current Opinion In Pulmonary Medicine 2012, 18: 441-446. PMID: 22847105, PMCID: PMC4165635, DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0b013e328356d03c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPeripheral blood biomarkersPulmonary fibrosisBlood biomarkersDisease presenceMultiple clinical contextsPeripheral bloodPredictive biomarkersGene polymorphismsLarger studyDrug studiesOutcome trajectoriesPrediction ruleClinical contextBiomarkersMolecular biomarkersMultiple studiesPatientsFibrosisSufficient evidenceOutcomesProtein markersConvincing evidenceRecent studiesMarkers
2004
Sil overexpression in lung cancer characterizes tumors with increased mitotic activity
Erez A, Perelman M, Hewitt SM, Cojacaru G, Goldberg I, Shahar I, Yaron P, Muler I, Campaner S, Amariglio N, Rechavi G, Kirsch IR, Krupsky M, Kaminski N, Izraeli S. Sil overexpression in lung cancer characterizes tumors with increased mitotic activity. Oncogene 2004, 23: 5371-5377. PMID: 15107824, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207685.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaBlotting, WesternCell DifferentiationCell DivisionCell LineG1 PhaseGenes, Immediate-EarlyHeLa CellsHumansImmunohistochemistryIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKinetochoresLung NeoplasmsMitosisNeoplasm MetastasisOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOncogene Proteins, FusionRNA, MessengerConceptsLung cancerT-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaMitotic activityAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaLung cancer samplesPrimary adenocarcinomaLymphoblastic leukemiaMetastatic spreadImmediate early genesMicroarray gene expression analysisTissue arraysPeak levelsCancer samplesProtein expressionTumorsCancerProtein levelsCell proliferationMitotic indexCommon chromosomal rearrangementsGene expression analysisSIL geneEarly genesOverexpressionRecent studies