2022
Bronchial epithelium epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity forms aberrant basaloid-like cells in vitro
Uthaya Kumar DB, Motakis E, Yurieva M, Kohar V, Martinek J, Wu TC, Khoury J, Grassmann J, Lu M, Palucka K, Kaminski N, Koff JL, Williams A. Bronchial epithelium epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity forms aberrant basaloid-like cells in vitro. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2022, 322: l822-l841. PMID: 35438006, PMCID: PMC9142163, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00254.2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEpithelial CellsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionEpitheliumHumansLung DiseasesRespiratory MucosaRNA, Long NoncodingConceptsProtein codingEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionLncRNA genesEMT inductionSingle-cell RNA sequencingSingle-cell RNA-seq dataEpithelial-mesenchymal plasticityRNA-seq dataMechanisms of EMTSingle-cell levelEpithelial cell typesRole of EMTTranscriptional reprogrammingHuman bronchial epithelial cellsRNA genesEMT gene signatureTranscriptional changesTranscriptional differencesRNA sequencingSpecific lncRNAsBronchial epithelial cellsDifferential expressionMyofibroblast conversionCell typesGenes
2021
Long noncoding RNA TINCR is a novel regulator of human bronchial epithelial cell differentiation state
Omote N, Sakamoto K, Li Q, Schupp JC, Adams T, Ahangari F, Chioccioli M, DeIuliis G, Hashimoto N, Hasegawa Y, Kaminski N. Long noncoding RNA TINCR is a novel regulator of human bronchial epithelial cell differentiation state. Physiological Reports 2021, 9: e14727. PMID: 33527707, PMCID: PMC7851438, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerminal differentiation-induced lncRNANormal human bronchial epithelial cellsTINCR overexpressionCell differentiationNotch genesTissue developmentBronchial epithelial cellsExtracellular matrix organizationCell phenotypeRNA sequencing analysisNumerous biological functionsRole of lncRNAsCell differentiation stateEpithelial cellsHuman bronchial epithelial cellsCiliated cell differentiationStaufen1 proteinNovel regulatorBasal cell phenotypeDownstream regulatorsRNA immunoprecipitationBiological functionsCritical regulatorDifferential expressionDifferentiation state
2018
An HDAC9-MALAT1-BRG1 complex mediates smooth muscle dysfunction in thoracic aortic aneurysm
Lino Cardenas CL, Kessinger CW, Cheng Y, MacDonald C, MacGillivray T, Ghoshhajra B, Huleihel L, Nuri S, Yeri AS, Jaffer FA, Kaminski N, Ellinor P, Weintraub NL, Malhotra R, Isselbacher EM, Lindsay ME. An HDAC9-MALAT1-BRG1 complex mediates smooth muscle dysfunction in thoracic aortic aneurysm. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 1009. PMID: 29520069, PMCID: PMC5843596, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03394-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActomyosinAnimalsAortaAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicCell LineCell NucleusChromatinDisease Models, AnimalDNA HelicasesDNA MethylationFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHistone DeacetylasesHistonesHumansMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMuscle, Smooth, VascularMutationMyocytes, Smooth MuscleNuclear ProteinsPhenotypePrimary Cell CultureRepressor ProteinsRNA InterferenceRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsTransforming Growth Factor betaConceptsChromatin-remodeling enzyme BRG1Contractile protein gene expressionProtein gene expressionLong noncoding RNA MALAT1Noncoding RNA MALAT1Bind chromatinTGF-β signalingTrimethylation modificationActomyosin cytoskeletonEpigenetic pathwaysContractile protein expressionGene expressionSimilar phenotypeRNA MALAT1Ternary complexBRG1HDAC9VSMC dysfunctionAortic aneurysmCytoskeletonProtein expressionPotential common mechanismsCommon mechanismSmooth muscle dysfunctionMutations
2015
Epigenetics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis1
Tzouvelekis A, Kaminski N. Epigenetics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis1. Biochemistry And Cell Biology 2015, 93: 159-170. PMID: 25659821, DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2014-0126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticFibrosisHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisLung DiseasesMiceRNA, Long NoncodingConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisChronic lung disordersLung disordersDNA sequencesFibroproliferative lung disordersTranslational epigenetic studiesIndividual DNA sequencesEpithelial wound repairVariable disease phenotypesPulmonary fibrosisChronic inflammationLung cancerInjurious stimuliHeritable changesEffective treatmentGene functionEpigenetic modificationsEpigenomic alterationsEpigenetic studiesCurrent experimental evidenceDisease paradigmWound repairDisease phenotypeDisordersEnvironmental changes