Lung Epithelium Releases Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Response to Pathogen-mediated Injury
Shah F, Bahudhanapati H, Jiang M, Tabary M, van der Geest R, Tolman N, Kochin M, Xiong Z, Al-Yousif N, Sayed K, Benos P, Raffensperger K, Evankovich J, Neal M, Snyder M, Eickelberg O, Ray P, Dela Cruz C, Bon J, McVerry B, Straub A, Jurczak M, Suber T, Zhang Y, Chen K, Kitsios G, Lee J, Alder J, Bain W. Lung Epithelium Releases Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Response to Pathogen-mediated Injury. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2024, 70: 379-391. PMID: 38301257, PMCID: PMC11109583, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2023-0429oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung injuryPlasma levelsLung epitheliumGDF15 levelsAssociated with plasma levelsAcute respiratory distress syndromeGrowth differentiation factor 15Acute respiratory failureRespiratory distress syndromeWild-type miceLung cytokine levelsHuman lung epitheliumAcute lung injuryDifferentiation factor 15Levels of GDF15Critically ill humansPrognostic of mortalitySARS-CoV-2 infectionCirculating GDF15 levelsRespiratory tract levelRespiratory failureDistress syndromeCytokine profileStress cytokinesCytokine levels