2023
VISTA (PD-1H) Is a Crucial Immune Regulator to Limit Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Kim S, Adams T, Hu Q, Shin H, Chae G, Lee S, Sharma L, Kwon H, Lee F, Park H, Huh W, Manning E, Kaminski N, Sauler M, Chen L, Song J, Kim T, Kang M. VISTA (PD-1H) Is a Crucial Immune Regulator to Limit Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2023, 69: 22-33. PMID: 36450109, PMCID: PMC10324045, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2022-0219oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisImmune regulatorsTherapeutic potentialHuman idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisCrucial immune regulatorsNovel immune regulatorPulmonary fibrosis micePulmonary fibrosis modelNovel therapeutic targetRole of VISTAWild-type littermatesMonocyte-derived macrophagesT lymphocyte lineageVISTA expressionIPF treatmentAntibody treatmentImmune landscapeFibrotic mediatorsLung fibrosisFibrosis miceInflammatory responseFibrosis modelMyeloid populationsTherapeutic target
2021
Nucleotide‐binding domain and leucine‐rich‐repeat‐containing protein X1 deficiency induces nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide decline, mechanistic target of rapamycin activation, and cellular senescence and accelerates aging lung‐like changes
Shin HJ, Kim S, Park H, Shin M, Kang I, Kang M. Nucleotide‐binding domain and leucine‐rich‐repeat‐containing protein X1 deficiency induces nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide decline, mechanistic target of rapamycin activation, and cellular senescence and accelerates aging lung‐like changes. Aging Cell 2021, 20: e13410. PMID: 34087956, PMCID: PMC8282248, DOI: 10.1111/acel.13410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular senescenceActivation of mTORNucleotide-binding domainCellular senescence responseReplicative cellular senescenceNLR family membersOrganismal agingCellular physiologyMitochondrial moleculesSenescence responseCellular locationProtein X1Crucial regulatorMechanistic targetMitochondrial functionMolecular hallmarksNLRX1 functionRapamycin (mTOR) activationMitochondrial dysfunctionSenescenceMTORPharmacological inhibitionNLRX1BiologyAging Lung