2020
Serum mitochondrial DNA predicts the risk of acute exacerbation and progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Sakamoto K, Furukawa T, Yamano Y, Kataoka K, Teramachi R, Walia A, Suzuki A, Inoue M, Nakahara Y, Ryu C, Hashimoto N, Kondoh Y. Serum mitochondrial DNA predicts the risk of acute exacerbation and progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. European Respiratory Journal 2020, 57: 2001346. PMID: 32855220, PMCID: PMC8177039, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01346-2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAcute exacerbationPulmonary fibrosisDisease progressionFatal interstitial lung diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseSerum mitochondrial DNAAccepted biomarkersClinical deteriorationMedian survivalDeadly complicationDisease courseLethal complicationLung functionLung diseaseUnknown etiologyExacerbationUnmet needProgressionComplicationsRapid deteriorationPatientsFibrosisDevastating diseaseDisease
2017
Antifibrotic role of vascular endothelial growth factor in pulmonary fibrosis
Murray LA, Habiel DM, Hohmann M, Camelo A, Shang H, Zhou Y, Coelho AL, Peng X, Gulati M, Crestani B, Sleeman MA, Mustelin T, Moore MW, Ryu C, Osafo-Addo AD, Elias JA, Lee CG, Hu B, Herazo-Maya JD, Knight DA, Hogaboam CM, Herzog EL. Antifibrotic role of vascular endothelial growth factor in pulmonary fibrosis. JCI Insight 2017, 2: e92192. PMID: 28814671, PMCID: PMC5621899, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.92192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisEndothelial cell-derived mediatorsThrombospondin-1Chronic progressive declineIntratracheal bleomycin challengeVEGF transgenic miceCell-derived mediatorsLung-specific overexpressionVascular endothelial growth factorEpithelial cell injuryLevels of VEGFAssociation of VEGFEndothelial growth factorImpaired restitutionBleomycin challengeIPF pathogenesisLung functionEpithelial wound closureLung fibrosisAntifibrotic roleHealthy controlsPreclinical modelsProgressive phenotypeCell injury