2024
Toll-like Receptor 9 Inhibition Mitigates Fibroproliferative Responses in Translational Models of Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Trujillo G, Regueiro-Ren A, Liu C, Hu B, Sun Y, Ahangari F, Fiorini V, Ishikawa G, Al Jumaily K, Khoury J, McGovern J, Lee C, Peng X, Pivarnik T, Sun H, Walia A, Woo S, Yu S, Antin-Ozerkis D, Sauler M, Kaminski N, Herzog E, Ryu C. Toll-like Receptor 9 Inhibition Mitigates Fibroproliferative Responses in Translational Models of Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2024 PMID: 39189851, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202401-0065oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchToll-like receptor 9Model of pulmonary fibrosisIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisFibroproliferative responseLung diseaseIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis cohortsExpression of toll-like receptor 9Toll-like receptor 9 activationTransplant-free survivalExpression of MCP-1Cohort of patientsSlow clinical progressionFibrotic lung diseaseAccelerated disease courseFatal lung diseaseIP-10Pharmacodynamic endpointsPreclinical modelsDisease courseClinical progressionPlasma mtDNAMCP-1Receptor 9Mouse model
2020
Serum mitochondrial DNA predicts the risk of acute exacerbation and progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Sakamoto K, Furukawa T, Yamano Y, Kataoka K, Teramachi R, Walia A, Suzuki A, Inoue M, Nakahara Y, Ryu C, Hashimoto N, Kondoh Y. Serum mitochondrial DNA predicts the risk of acute exacerbation and progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. European Respiratory Journal 2020, 57: 2001346. PMID: 32855220, PMCID: PMC8177039, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01346-2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAcute exacerbationPulmonary fibrosisDisease progressionFatal interstitial lung diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseSerum mitochondrial DNAAccepted biomarkersClinical deteriorationMedian survivalDeadly complicationDisease courseLethal complicationLung functionLung diseaseUnknown etiologyExacerbationUnmet needProgressionComplicationsRapid deteriorationPatientsFibrosisDevastating diseaseDisease