2018
The aging lung: tissue telomere shortening in health and disease
Everaerts S, Lammertyn EJ, Martens DS, De Sadeleer LJ, Maes K, van Batenburg AA, Goldschmeding R, van Moorsel CHM, Dupont LJ, Wuyts WA, Vos R, Gayan-Ramirez G, Kaminski N, Hogg JC, Janssens W, Verleden GM, Nawrot TS, Verleden SE, McDonough JE, Vanaudenaerde BM. The aging lung: tissue telomere shortening in health and disease. Respiratory Research 2018, 19: 95. PMID: 29751799, PMCID: PMC5948770, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0794-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBronchiolitis obliterans syndromeRestrictive allograft syndromeRelative telomere lengthRegional disease severityShorter RTLNormal lungDisease severityLung agePrior transplantationLung tissueDiseased lungsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic hypersensitivity pneumonitisObstructive pulmonary diseaseTelomere lengthNormal human lungPeripheral blood leucocytesDiseased lung tissueDistinct lung regionsAverage relative telomere lengthExplant lungsObliterans syndromeUnused donorPulmonary diseaseHypersensitivity pneumonitis
2008
MMP1 and MMP7 as Potential Peripheral Blood Biomarkers in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Rosas IO, Richards TJ, Konishi K, Zhang Y, Gibson K, Lokshin AE, Lindell KO, Cisneros J, MacDonald SD, Pardo A, Sciurba F, Dauber J, Selman M, Gochuico BR, Kaminski N. MMP1 and MMP7 as Potential Peripheral Blood Biomarkers in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. PLOS Medicine 2008, 5: e93. PMID: 18447576, PMCID: PMC2346504, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisInterstitial lung diseaseSubclinical interstitial lung diseasePulmonary fibrosisLung diseaseIPF patientsChronic progressive fibrotic lung diseaseControl individualsAsymptomatic interstitial lung diseaseProgressive fibrotic lung diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePotential peripheral blood biomarkerChronic hypersensitivity pneumonitisPeripheral blood biomarkersChronic lung diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseFibrotic lung diseaseBronchoalveolar lavage fluidIndependent validation cohortFamilial pulmonary fibrosisProtein signaturesPulmonary diseaseSubstantial morbidityHypersensitivity pneumonitisLavage fluid