2024
Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Novel Immune Perturbations in Fibrotic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Zhao A, Unterman A, Abu Hussein N, Sharma P, Nikola F, Flint J, Yan X, Adams T, Justet A, Sumida T, Zhao J, Schupp J, Raredon M, Ahangari F, Deluliis G, Zhang Y, Buendia-Roldan I, Adegunsoye A, Sperling A, Prasse A, Ryu C, Herzog E, Selman M, Pardo A, Kaminski N. Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Novel Immune Perturbations in Fibrotic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2024, 210: 1252-1266. PMID: 38924775, PMCID: PMC11568434, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202401-0078oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitisIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsBronchoalveolar lavage cellsBlood mononuclear cellsClassical monocytesHypersensitivity pneumonitisPulmonary fibrosisT cellsImmune perturbationsLavage cellsMononuclear cellsCD8+ T cellsCytotoxic T cellsInterstitial lung diseaseHypersensitivity pneumonitis patientsCytotoxic CD4Immune aberrationsPneumonic patientsPneumonitisLung diseaseHealthy controlsImmune mechanismsPatient cellsSingle-cell transcriptomicsApplying single-cell profiling to assess drug anti-fibrotic properties in the human precision-cut lung slice model of fibrosis
Justet A, Mitash M, Raredon S, Pineda R, Adams T, Al Hussein N, Ishizuka M, Hahram K, Khoury J, Ahangari F, Xiting Y, Naftali K, Melanie K. Applying single-cell profiling to assess drug anti-fibrotic properties in the human precision-cut lung slice model of fibrosis. 2024, oa1896. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2024.oa1896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNoninvasive assessment of the lung inflammation-fibrosis axis by targeted imaging of CMKLR1
Mannes P, Adams T, Farsijani S, Barnes C, Latoche J, Day K, Nedrow J, Ahangari F, Kaminski N, Lee J, Tavakoli S. Noninvasive assessment of the lung inflammation-fibrosis axis by targeted imaging of CMKLR1. Science Advances 2024, 10: eadm9817. PMID: 38896611, PMCID: PMC11186491, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adm9817.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisFibrotic lung diseaseRisk stratificationMurine modelLung fibrosisLung diseaseModel of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosisBleomycin-induced lung fibrosisImaging biomarkersMurine model of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosisBronchoalveolar lavage cellsMonocyte-derived macrophagesPositron emission tomographyInflammatory endotypesPulmonary fibrosisLavage cellsPoor survivalNoninvasive assessmentTherapeutic monitoringEmission tomographyCMKLR1FibrosisClinical trajectoryLungLung regionsProfibrotic Role of GPR87 in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Khoury J, Ahangari F, Manning E, Justet A, barnthaler T, Adams T, Necola F, Alysandratos K, Beermann M, Kotton D, Kaminski N. Profibrotic Role of GPR87 in Pulmonary Fibrosis. 2024, a5183-a5183. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a5183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchApplying Single Cell Profiling to Assess Drug Anti Fibrotic Properties in the Human Precision Cut Lung Slice Model of Fibrosis
Justet A, Mitash N, Pineda R, Adams T, Balayev A, Abu Hussein N, Ishizuka M, Kim H, Khoury J, Ahangari F, Yan X, Kaminski N, Koenigshoff M. Applying Single Cell Profiling to Assess Drug Anti Fibrotic Properties in the Human Precision Cut Lung Slice Model of Fibrosis. 2024, a4906-a4906. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a4906.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFibrotic cocktail treated human precision lung slices replicate the cellular diversity of the IPF lung
Justet A, Pineda H, Adams T, Balayev A, Mitash N, Ishizuka M, Kim H, Khoury J, Cala-GarcÃa J, Flint J, Schupp J, Ahangari F, Yan X, Rosas I, Kaminski N, Königshoff M. Fibrotic cocktail treated human precision lung slices replicate the cellular diversity of the IPF lung. Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires 2024, 41: 218. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2024.01.074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCellular repertoireCell typesSingle cell platformsSequence readsCDNA libraryIllumina platformHuman genomeNucleus transcriptomicsCellular diversityIPF lungsPulmonary fibrosisEMT markersAirway epithelial cellsBasaloid cellsCellular populationsEpithelial cellsFibrotic fibroblastsCell platformLung slicesLung cell populationsHuman precision-cut lung slicesCell populationsSenescence markersCellsBasal markers
2023
microRNA-33 deficiency in macrophages enhances autophagy, improves mitochondrial homeostasis, and protects against lung fibrosis
Ahangari F, Price N, Malik S, Chioccioli M, Bärnthaler T, Adams T, Kim J, Pradeep S, Ding S, Cosme C, Rose K, McDonough J, Aurelien N, Ibarra G, Omote N, Schupp J, DeIuliis G, Nunez J, Sharma L, Ryu C, Dela Cruz C, Liu X, Prasse A, Rosas I, Bahal R, Fernandez-Hernando C, Kaminski N. microRNA-33 deficiency in macrophages enhances autophagy, improves mitochondrial homeostasis, and protects against lung fibrosis. JCI Insight 2023, 8: e158100. PMID: 36626225, PMCID: PMC9977502, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.158100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisMiR-33MiR-33 levelsSpecific genetic ablationBronchoalveolar lavage cellsNovel therapeutic approachesMitochondrial homeostasisFatty acid metabolismMacrophages protectsBleomycin injuryLavage cellsLung fibrosisHealthy controlsInflammatory responseTherapeutic approachesImmunometabolic responsesCholesterol effluxFibrosisFatal diseasePharmacological inhibitionSterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP) genesGenetic ablationMacrophagesEx vivo mouse
2021
Integrated Single-Cell Atlas of Endothelial Cells of the Human Lung
Schupp JC, Adams TS, Cosme C, Raredon MSB, Yuan Y, Omote N, Poli S, Chioccioli M, Rose KA, Manning EP, Sauler M, DeIuliis G, Ahangari F, Neumark N, Habermann AC, Gutierrez AJ, Bui LT, Lafyatis R, Pierce RW, Meyer KB, Nawijn MC, Teichmann SA, Banovich NE, Kropski JA, Niklason LE, Pe’er D, Yan X, Homer RJ, Rosas IO, Kaminski N. Integrated Single-Cell Atlas of Endothelial Cells of the Human Lung. Circulation 2021, 144: 286-302. PMID: 34030460, PMCID: PMC8300155, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.052318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferential expression analysisPrimary lung endothelial cellsLung endothelial cellsCell typesMarker genesExpression analysisSingle-cell RNA sequencing dataCross-species analysisVenous endothelial cellsEndothelial marker genesSingle-cell atlasMarker gene setsRNA sequencing dataEndothelial cellsSubsequent differential expression analysisDifferent lung cell typesResident cell typesLung cell typesCellular diversityEndothelial cell typesCapillary endothelial cellsHuman lung endothelial cellsPhenotypic diversityEndothelial diversityIndistinguishable populationsLong 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
2025
Epigenetic age acceleration in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis revealed by DNA methylation clocks
Kurbanov D, Ahangari F, Adams T, De Man R, Tang J, Carlon M, Abu Hussein N, Cortesi E, Zapata M, De Sadelaar L, Wuyts W, Vanaudenaerde B, Kaminski N, McDonough J. Epigenetic age acceleration in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis revealed by DNA methylation clocks. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2025, 328: l456-l462. PMID: 39970931, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00171.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis tissuePulmonary fibrosisLung tissueEpigenetic clocksPotential of DNA methylationDNA methylation levelsDebilitating lung diseaseIllumina MethylationEPIC arrayHuman lung tissueEpigenetic ageDNA methylation clocksBiological ageAffected lung tissueIPF casesClinical prognosisMethylation patternsDNA methylationLung diseaseHealthy controlsAcceleration of biological agingMethylation levelsMethylationEPIC arrayAge accelerationClinical assessment
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