2024
Toll-like Receptor 9 Inhibition Mitigates Fibroproliferative Responses in Translational Models of Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Trujillo G, Regueiro-Ren A, Liu C, Hu B, Sun Y, Ahangari F, Fiorini V, Ishikawa G, Al Jumaily K, Khoury J, McGovern J, Lee C, Peng X, Pivarnik T, Sun H, Walia A, Woo S, Yu S, Antin-Ozerkis D, Sauler M, Kaminski N, Herzog E, Ryu C. Toll-like Receptor 9 Inhibition Mitigates Fibroproliferative Responses in Translational Models of Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2024 PMID: 39189851, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202401-0065oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchToll-like receptor 9Model of pulmonary fibrosisIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisFibroproliferative responseLung diseaseIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis cohortsExpression of toll-like receptor 9Toll-like receptor 9 activationTransplant-free survivalExpression of MCP-1Cohort of patientsSlow clinical progressionFibrotic lung diseaseAccelerated disease courseFatal lung diseaseIP-10Pharmacodynamic endpointsPreclinical modelsDisease courseClinical progressionPlasma mtDNAMCP-1Receptor 9Mouse modelFibrotic 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 markers
2023
Association Between COVID-19 Infection and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Nested Case-Control Study
Najjar-Debbiny R, Barnett-Griness O, Khoury J, Gronich N, Weber G, Adir Y, Shteinberg M, Shneir S, Sharma L, Saliba W. Association Between COVID-19 Infection and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Nested Case-Control Study. The American Journal Of Medicine 2023, 136: 1087-1093.e2. PMID: 37598922, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.07.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary fibrosisCase-control studyCOVID-19 severityCOVID-19Multivariable conditional logistic regression modelsNested Case-Control StudyConditional logistic regression modelsSevere COVID-19Prior COVID-19COVID-19 infectionLogistic regression modelsLargest healthcare providerUnderlying cohortCohort entrySignificant morbiditySurveillance biasOdds ratioSevere diseaseFibrosisHealthcare providersCoronavirus diseaseCalendar timePatientsCohortLag time