2024
Fibrotic 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-García 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 markersIdentification of abnormal airway niches in the fibrotic lung using spatial transcriptomics
Justet A, Ravaglia C, Zhao A, Adams N, Agshin B, Kaminski N, Tomasseti S, Poletti V. Identification of abnormal airway niches in the fibrotic lung using spatial transcriptomics. Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires 2024, 41: 215. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2024.01.068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVascular endothelial cellsIPF patientsIPF lungsEpithelial cellsLung tissueEndothelial cellsCOVID patientsAirway epithelial cellsAbnormal cell populationsAlveolar epithelial cellsProgression to fibrosisLong COVIDBasaloid cellsControl patientsImmune cellsGene panelFFPE slidesFibrotic lungsProximal airwaysPatientsDistal lungLungBasal cellsCell populationsLong COVID patients
2020
SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues
Ziegler C, Allon S, Nyquist S, Mbano I, Miao V, Tzouanas C, Cao Y, Yousif A, Bals J, Hauser B, Feldman J, Muus C, Wadsworth M, Kazer S, Hughes T, Doran B, Gatter G, Vukovic M, Taliaferro F, Mead B, Guo Z, Wang J, Gras D, Plaisant M, Ansari M, Angelidis I, Adler H, Sucre J, Taylor C, Lin B, Waghray A, Mitsialis V, Dwyer D, Buchheit K, Boyce J, Barrett N, Laidlaw T, Carroll S, Colonna L, Tkachev V, Peterson C, Yu A, Zheng H, Gideon H, Winchell C, Lin P, Bingle C, Snapper S, Kropski J, Theis F, Schiller H, Zaragosi L, Barbry P, Leslie A, Kiem H, Flynn J, Fortune S, Berger B, Finberg R, Kean L, Garber M, Schmidt A, Lingwood D, Shalek A, Ordovas-Montanes J, Network H, Banovich N, Barbry P, Brazma A, Desai T, Duong T, Eickelberg O, Falk C, Farzan M, Glass I, Haniffa M, Horvath P, Hung D, Kaminski N, Krasnow M, Kropski J, Kuhnemund M, Lafyatis R, Lee H, Leroy S, Linnarson S, Lundeberg J, Meyer K, Misharin A, Nawijn M, Nikolic M, Ordovas-Montanes J, Pe’er D, Powell J, Quake S, Rajagopal J, Tata P, Rawlins E, Regev A, Reyfman P, Rojas M, Rosen O, Saeb-Parsy K, Samakovlis C, Schiller H, Schultze J, Seibold M, Shalek A, Shepherd D, Spence J, Spira A, Sun X, Teichmann S, Theis F, Tsankov A, van den Berge M, von Papen M, Whitsett J, Xavier R, Xu Y, Zaragosi L, Zhang K. SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues. Cell 2020, 181: 1016-1035.e19. PMID: 32413319, PMCID: PMC7252096, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAlveolar Epithelial CellsAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2AnimalsBetacoronavirusCell LineCells, CulturedChildCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19EnterocytesGoblet CellsHIV InfectionsHumansInfluenza, HumanInterferon Type ILungMacaca mulattaMiceMycobacterium tuberculosisNasal MucosaPandemicsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase APneumonia, ViralReceptors, VirusSARS-CoV-2Serine EndopeptidasesSingle-Cell AnalysisTuberculosisUp-RegulationConceptsSARS-CoV-2Interferon-stimulated genesAirway epithelial cellsCell subsetsSingle-cell RNA sequencing datasetsRNA sequencing datasetsSARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2Human interferon-stimulated genesTransmembrane serine protease 2Human airway epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus clade 2SARS-CoV-2 spike proteinType II pneumocytesSerine protease 2Clade 2Putative targetsNon-human primatesSpecific cell subsetsCo-expressing cellsDisease COVID-19ACE2 expressionLung injuryLung type II pneumocytesAbsorptive enterocytes
2019
Sialylation of MUC4β N-glycans by ST6GAL1 orchestrates human airway epithelial cell differentiation associated with Type-2 inflammation
Zhou X, Kinlough CL, Hughey RP, Jin M, Inoue H, Etling E, Modena BD, Kaminski N, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, Jarjour NN, Trudeau JB, Holguin F, Ray A, Wenzel SE. Sialylation of MUC4β N-glycans by ST6GAL1 orchestrates human airway epithelial cell differentiation associated with Type-2 inflammation. JCI Insight 2019, 4 PMID: 30730306, PMCID: PMC6483602, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.122475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman airway epithelial cellsEpithelial dysfunctionPrimary human airway epithelial cellsAirway epithelial cell differentiationT2-high asthmaType 2 inflammationAirway epithelial cellsGoblet cell differentiationEpithelial cell proliferationAirway specimensT2 biomarkersAsthmatic patientsSputum supernatantsT2 inflammationIL-13Cell differentiationAsthmaEpithelial cell differentiationSpecific mucinsEpithelial cell fateΒ-galactoside αEpithelial glycoproteinEpithelial cellsPotential targetEpithelial differentiation
2018
A role for telomere length and chromosomal damage in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
McDonough JE, Martens DS, Tanabe N, Ahangari F, Verleden SE, Maes K, Verleden GM, Kaminski N, Hogg JC, Nawrot TS, Wuyts WA, Vanaudenaerde BM. A role for telomere length and chromosomal damage in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respiratory Research 2018, 19: 132. PMID: 29986708, PMCID: PMC6038197, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0838-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIPF lungsDisease severityChromosomal damagePulmonary fibrosisTelomere lengthBackgroundIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisRegional disease severityStructural disease severityIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisFatal lung diseaseAirway epithelial cellsMultivariate linear mixed-effects modelDonor lungsFibroblastic fociLung diseaseFibrotic markersTransplant surgeryPathological changesSevere diseaseLungLinear mixed-effects modelsQuantitative histologyMixed-effects modelsExtracellular matrixSeverity
2014
An airway epithelial iNOS–DUOX2–thyroid peroxidase metabolome drives Th1/Th2 nitrative stress in human severe asthma
Voraphani N, Gladwin MT, Contreras AU, Kaminski N, Tedrow JR, Milosevic J, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, Ray A, Ray P, Erzurum SC, Busse WW, Zhao J, Trudeau JB, Wenzel SE. An airway epithelial iNOS–DUOX2–thyroid peroxidase metabolome drives Th1/Th2 nitrative stress in human severe asthma. Mucosal Immunology 2014, 7: 1175-1185. PMID: 24518246, PMCID: PMC4130801, DOI: 10.1038/mi.2014.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInducible nitric oxide synthaseHuman airway epithelial cellsDual oxidase 2Severe asthmaNitrative stressThyroid peroxidaseIL-13Ex vivoSevere refractory asthmaNitric oxide synthaseTh2 cytokine expressionAirway epithelial cellsRefractory asthmaLower interleukinHigher interferonCytokine expressionOxide synthaseOxidase 2AsthmaIFNEpithelial cellsEpithelial cell systemSuperoxide dismutaseRNA knockdownEndogenous peroxidase
2001
Interleukin-13 Induces Dramatically Different Transcriptional Programs in Three Human Airway Cell Types
Lee J, Kaminski N, Dolganov G, Grunig G, Koth L, Solomon C, Erle D, Sheppard D. Interleukin-13 Induces Dramatically Different Transcriptional Programs in Three Human Airway Cell Types. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2001, 25: 474-485. PMID: 11694453, DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.25.4.4522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCells, CulturedEndopeptidasesExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFibroblastsGene Expression RegulationHumansInterleukin-13Ion ChannelsMuscle, SmoothOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisProtease InhibitorsRespiratory MucosaRespiratory SystemSignal TransductionSTAT6 Transcription FactorTrans-ActivatorsTranscription, GeneticConceptsAirway cell typesIL-13Airway epithelial cellsAirway cellsAirway smooth muscle cellsPhenotypic featuresInterleukin-13 inducesResident airway cellsEpithelial cellsImmediate hypersensitivity responsesAirway smooth muscleDevelopment of asthmaCell typesSmooth muscle cellsHypersensitivity responseT lymphocytesSmooth muscleAsthmaB lymphocytesLung fibroblastsMuscle cellsVivo responseCentral mediatorGene expressionPrimary cultures