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Single-Cell Transcriptional Archetypes of Airway Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis.
Schupp JC, Khanal S, Gomez JL, Sauler M, Adams TS, Chupp GL, Yan X, Poli S, Zhao Y, Montgomery RR, Rosas IO, Dela Cruz CS, Bruscia EM, Egan ME, Kaminski N, Britto CJ. Single-Cell Transcriptional Archetypes of Airway Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 202: 1419-1429. PMID: 32603604, PMCID: PMC7667912, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202004-0991oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAirway ResistanceCystic FibrosisFemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptional ActivationConceptsCF lung diseaseHealthy control subjectsImmune dysfunctionLung diseaseCystic fibrosisControl subjectsSputum cellsAbnormal chloride transportLung mononuclear phagocytesInnate immune dysfunctionDivergent clinical coursesImmune cell repertoireMonocyte-derived macrophagesCF monocytesAirway inflammationClinical courseProinflammatory featuresCell survival programInflammatory responseTissue injuryCell repertoireImmune functionTranscriptional profilesAlveolar macrophagesMononuclear phagocytes
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
2021
Single-cell characterization of a model of poly I:C-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe asthma
Chen A, Diaz-Soto MP, Sanmamed MF, Adams T, Schupp JC, Gupta A, Britto C, Sauler M, Yan X, Liu Q, Nino G, Cruz CSD, Chupp GL, Gomez JL. Single-cell characterization of a model of poly I:C-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe asthma. Respiratory Research 2021, 22: 122. PMID: 33902571, PMCID: PMC8074196, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01709-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSevere asthmaEffector T cellsBlood mononuclear cellsT cellsHealthy controlsPoly IDendritic cellsMononuclear cellsUnstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cellsInterferon responseTLR3 agonist poly IImpaired interferon responseMain cell subsetsNatural killer cellsPro-inflammatory profilePro-inflammatory pathwaysC stimulationCyTOF profilingHigh CD8Cell typesEffector cellsKiller cellsCell subsetsMain cell types