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
2023
Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With High Levels of Fatigue in Two Independent Sarcoidosis Cohorts
Fiorini V, Hu B, Sun Y, Yu S, McGovern J, Gandhi S, Woo S, Turcotte-Foster S, Pivarnik T, Khan Z, Adams T, Herzog E, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Ryu C. Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With High Levels of Fatigue in Two Independent Sarcoidosis Cohorts. CHEST Journal 2023, 165: 1174-1185. PMID: 37977267, PMCID: PMC11110677, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.11.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient-related outcome measuresToll-like receptor 9Fatigue Assessment ScalePlasma mtDNA concentrationsTLR9 activationSarcoidosis patientsMtDNA concentrationsMulti-organ sarcoidosisCommon chief complaintInnate immune activationNovel therapeutic strategiesDomains of fatigueSevere clinical phenotypePsychobiologic mechanismsSarcoidosis cohortScadding stageCorticosteroid useCytokine levelsExtrapulmonary diseaseProspective cohortFAS scoresPulmonary fibrosisChief complaintImmune activationPatient populationMitochondrial DNA-Sensing Pathogen Recognition Receptors in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: a Review
Ghincea A, Woo S, Yu S, Pivarnik T, Fiorini V, Herzog E, Ryu C. Mitochondrial DNA-Sensing Pathogen Recognition Receptors in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: a Review. Current Treatment Options In Rheumatology 2023, 9: 204-220. PMID: 38230363, PMCID: PMC10791121, DOI: 10.1007/s40674-023-00211-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchToll-like receptor 9Interstitial lung diseaseLung diseaseSystemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung DiseaseAberrant innate immune activationRecent FindingsRecent advancesCause of morbidityInnate immune activationNovel treatment approachesPathogen recognition receptorsCyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate synthaseReviewSystemic sclerosisSSc patientsImmune dysregulationImmune activationReceptor 9Inflammatory fibrosisScar formationTreatment approachesRecognition receptorsDiseaseImportant unanswered questionsMechanism of releaseReviewUnanswered questions