2021
Integrated Single-Cell Atlas of Endothelial Cells of the Human Lung
Schupp JC, Adams TS, Cosme C, Raredon MSB, Yuan Y, Omote N, Poli S, Chioccioli M, Rose KA, Manning EP, Sauler M, DeIuliis G, Ahangari F, Neumark N, Habermann AC, Gutierrez AJ, Bui LT, Lafyatis R, Pierce RW, Meyer KB, Nawijn MC, Teichmann SA, Banovich NE, Kropski JA, Niklason LE, Pe’er D, Yan X, Homer RJ, Rosas IO, Kaminski N. Integrated Single-Cell Atlas of Endothelial Cells of the Human Lung. Circulation 2021, 144: 286-302. PMID: 34030460, PMCID: PMC8300155, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.052318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferential expression analysisPrimary lung endothelial cellsLung endothelial cellsCell typesMarker genesExpression analysisSingle-cell RNA sequencing dataCross-species analysisVenous endothelial cellsEndothelial marker genesSingle-cell atlasMarker gene setsRNA sequencing dataEndothelial cellsSubsequent differential expression analysisDifferent lung cell typesResident cell typesLung cell typesCellular diversityEndothelial cell typesCapillary endothelial cellsHuman lung endothelial cellsPhenotypic diversityEndothelial diversityIndistinguishable populations
2019
Integrating multiomics longitudinal data to reconstruct networks underlying lung development
Ding J, Ahangari F, Espinoza CR, Chhabra D, Nicola T, Yan X, Lal CV, Hagood JS, Kaminski N, Bar-Joseph Z, Ambalavanan N. Integrating multiomics longitudinal data to reconstruct networks underlying lung development. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2019, 317: l556-l568. PMID: 31432713, PMCID: PMC6879899, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00554.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornChildChild, PreschoolDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory NetworksHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmunity, InnateInfantInfant, NewbornLungMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsOrganogenesisProteomicsPulmonary AlveoliRNA, MessengerSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeConceptsSingle-cell RNA-seq dataLung developmentDynamic regulatory networksOmics data setsRNA-seq dataIndividual cell typesHuman lung developmentRegulatory networksDNA methylationLaser capture microdissectionEpigenetic changesExpression trajectoriesKey pathwaysCell typesActive pathwaysCapture microdissectionRegulatorKey eventsInnate immunityNew insightsSpecific key eventsPathwayComprehensive understandingProteomicsMethylation
2013
VEGF controls lung Th2 inflammation via the miR-1–Mpl (myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene)–P-selectin axis
Takyar S, Vasavada H, Zhang JG, Ahangari F, Niu N, Liu Q, Lee CG, Cohn L, Elias JA. VEGF controls lung Th2 inflammation via the miR-1–Mpl (myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene)–P-selectin axis. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2013, 210: 1993-2010. PMID: 24043765, PMCID: PMC3782056, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular endothelial growth factorTh2 inflammationLung endotheliumMiR-1Th2-mediated lung inflammationIL-13 overexpressionLung-specific overexpressionHouse dust mitePotential therapeutic targetEndothelial growth factorMiR-1 expressionLung inflammationInflammatory disordersDust miteInflammation modelInflammatory responseIntranasal deliveryRole of microRNAsTherapeutic targetInflammationP-selectinGrowth factorVivo knockdownEffector pathwaysEndothelium