Taylor Adams
Research Associate 2 MSCards
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2025
A deep generative model for deciphering cellular dynamics and in silico drug discovery in complex diseases
Zheng Y, Schupp J, Adams T, Clair G, Justet A, Ahangari F, Yan X, Hansen P, Carlon M, Cortesi E, Vermant M, Vos R, De Sadeleer L, Rosas I, Pineda R, Sembrat J, Königshoff M, McDonough J, Vanaudenaerde B, Wuyts W, Kaminski N, Ding J. A deep generative model for deciphering cellular dynamics and in silico drug discovery in complex diseases. Nature Biomedical Engineering 2025, 1-26. PMID: 40542107, DOI: 10.1038/s41551-025-01423-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComplex cellular dynamicsCellular dynamicsSingle-cell transcriptomic dataIn silico drug discoverySingle-cell transcriptomicsTranscriptome dataPotential therapeutic drug candidateComplex diseasesHuman diseasesIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisTherapeutic drug candidateCell embeddingDrug discoveryPulmonary fibrosisDrug candidatesDisease progressionHuman tissuesHuman precision-cut lung slicesDynamic analysisPrecision-cut lung slicesPathological landscapeComputational toolsAnti-fibrotic effectsUnagiTranscriptomeUnderstanding and Reducing Cardiopulmonary Sequelae Associated With Chronic Hypoxia
Manning E, Ramachandra A, Sharma P, Nikola F, De Man R, Doddaballapur P, Raredon M, Szafron J, Baernthaler T, Justet A, Akingbesote N, Perry R, Adams T, Cavinato C, Yan X, Tellides G, Kaminski N, Humphrey J. Understanding and Reducing Cardiopulmonary Sequelae Associated With Chronic Hypoxia. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: a3336-a3336. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.abstracts.a3336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Potential Role of miR205 and miR205HG in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Anderson S, Johad K, Ahangari F, Justet A, Adams T, Yan X, Kaminski N. The Potential Role of miR205 and miR205HG in Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: a4662-a4662. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.abstracts.a4662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly IPF Is Characterized by a Dramatic Shift of the Epithelial and Endothelial Populations Within the Alveolar Niche
Justet A, Adams T, Khoury J, Balayev A, Abu Hussein N, Schupp J, Zhao A, Manning E, Ahangari F, Yan X, Ravaglia C, Tomassetti S, Poletti V, Kaminski N. Early IPF Is Characterized by a Dramatic Shift of the Epithelial and Endothelial Populations Within the Alveolar Niche. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: a7109-a7109. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.abstracts.a7109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Potential Role of GPR87 in the Development of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Khoury J, Ahangari F, Justet A, Adams T, Manning E, Mcdonough J, Anderson S, Nekola F, Beermann M, Bauer Y, Gomez J, Kaminski N. The Potential Role of GPR87 in the Development of Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: a7110-a7110. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.abstracts.a7110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSingle-cell Analysis Reveals Somatic Mutation Accumulation, Loss of Differentiation, and Increased Transcriptional Entropy in Aged Human Lungs
De Man R, Cala Garcia J, Adams T, Nekola F, Moss B, Waich A, Rangel R, Anderson S, Mcdonough J, Raredon M, Yan X, Rosas I, Kaminski N. Single-cell Analysis Reveals Somatic Mutation Accumulation, Loss of Differentiation, and Increased Transcriptional Entropy in Aged Human Lungs. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: a5278-a5278. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.abstracts.a5278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Human Proximal Pulmonary Artery Plays a Critical Role in Regulating Cardiopulmonary Function in Health and Disease
Manning E, Lee S, Ashadujjaman M, De Man R, Cai Z, Adams T, Raredon M, Ramachandra A, Cavinato C, Heerdt P, Singh I, Choudhary G, Yan X, Bellini C, Tellides G, Humphrey J, Kaminski N. The Human Proximal Pulmonary Artery Plays a Critical Role in Regulating Cardiopulmonary Function in Health and Disease. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: a2891-a2891. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.abstracts.a2891.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchApplying Single-Cell Spatial Profiling to Assess Niches in Human Fibrotic Silica Lung
Abu Hussein N, Adams T, Anderson S, Kramer M, Nekola F, Homer R, Najjar A, Sharma P, Rangel R, Yang L, Zhang Y, Yan X, Pertzov B, Kaminski N. Applying Single-Cell Spatial Profiling to Assess Niches in Human Fibrotic Silica Lung. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: a5093-a5093. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.abstracts.a5093.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, Cala-García J, Ahangari F, Yan X, Kaminski N, Königshoff M. Applying single cell profiling to assess drug anti fibrotic properties in the human precision cut lung slice model of fibrosis. Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires 2025, 42: 223. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2025.02.083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbnormal cell populationsAlveolar epithelial cellsTreated with drugsAnti-fibrotic propertiesSingle cell platformsSingle nuclear RNA sequencingLigand-receptor analysisPreclinical evidencePulmonary fibrosisBasaloid cellsFibrotic propertiesReceptor analysisFibrotic pathwaysCell signaturesClinical trialsProfibrotic genesAnti-fibroticFDA-approved drugsGene signatureAnimal modelsEpithelial cellsGene expression changesDay 5Drug efficacyCell profilesEpigenetic 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, PMCID: PMC12169420, 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