2024
The nature of chronic rejection after lung transplantation: a murine orthotopic lung transplant study
Heigl T, Kaes J, Aelbrecht C, Serré J, Yamada Y, Geudens V, Van Herck A, Vanstapel A, Sacreas A, Ordies S, Frick A, Gimenez B, Van Slambrouck J, Beeckmans H, Oztürk N, Orlitova M, Vaneylen A, Claes S, Schols D, Velde G, Schupp J, Kaminski N, Boesch M, Korf H, van der Merwe S, Dupont L, Vanoirbeek J, Godinas L, Van Raemdonck D, Janssens W, Gayan-Ramirez G, Ceulemans L, McDonough J, Verbeken E, Vos R, Vanaudenaerde B. The nature of chronic rejection after lung transplantation: a murine orthotopic lung transplant study. Frontiers In Immunology 2024, 15: 1369536. PMID: 38736881, PMCID: PMC11084670, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1369536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBronchiolitis ObliteransChronic DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalGraft RejectionLungLung TransplantationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLConceptsChronic lung allograft dysfunctionChronic rejectionLung transplantationSingle cell RNASingle cell RNA profilingOrthotopic left lung transplantationComplications post-transplantationLung allograft dysfunctionMouse lung transplantationLeft lung transplantationLung transplantation studiesAllograft dysfunctionPleural infiltrationPost-transplantationBronchiolitis obliteransInnate inflammationChronic complicationsPrimary onsetEndothelial destructionTransplantationDay 7Immunological perspectiveArterial responseTransplantation studiesLung
2022
Characterization of the COPD alveolar niche using single-cell RNA sequencing
Sauler M, McDonough JE, Adams TS, Kothapalli N, Barnthaler T, Werder RB, Schupp JC, Nouws J, Robertson MJ, Coarfa C, Yang T, Chioccioli M, Omote N, Cosme C, Poli S, Ayaub EA, Chu SG, Jensen KH, Gomez JL, Britto CJ, Raredon MSB, Niklason LE, Wilson AA, Timshel PN, Kaminski N, Rosas IO. Characterization of the COPD alveolar niche using single-cell RNA sequencing. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 494. PMID: 35078977, PMCID: PMC8789871, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28062-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-cell RNA sequencingRNA sequencingCell-specific mechanismsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAdvanced chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseTranscriptomic network analysisSingle-cell RNA sequencing profilesCellular stress toleranceAberrant cellular metabolismStress toleranceRNA sequencing profilesTranscriptional evidenceCellular metabolismAlveolar nicheSequencing profilesHuman alveolar epithelial cellsChemokine signalingAlveolar epithelial type II cellsObstructive pulmonary diseaseSitu hybridizationType II cellsEpithelial type II cellsSequencingCOPD pathobiologyHuman lung tissue samples
2020
Collagen-producing lung cell atlas identifies multiple subsets with distinct localization and relevance to fibrosis
Tsukui T, Sun KH, Wetter JB, Wilson-Kanamori JR, Hazelwood LA, Henderson NC, Adams TS, Schupp JC, Poli SD, Rosas IO, Kaminski N, Matthay MA, Wolters PJ, Sheppard D. Collagen-producing lung cell atlas identifies multiple subsets with distinct localization and relevance to fibrosis. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 1920. PMID: 32317643, PMCID: PMC7174390, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15647-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCollagen-producing cellsSitu hybridization showDisease-relevant phenotypesCell atlasDistinct localizationExpression of CTHRC1Fibrotic lungsDifferent compartmentsPulmonary fibrosisDistinct anatomical localizationCellsCTHRC1Murine lungFibroblastsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAdoptive transfer experimentsLocalizationSubpopulationsComplex architectureTransfer experimentsFibroblastic fociPathologic fibrosisPathologic scarringScleroderma patientsSimilar heterogeneity