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Schupp JC, Khanal S, Gomez JL, Sauler M, Adams TS, Chupp GL, Yan X, Poli S, Zhao Y, Montgomery RR, Rosas IO, Dela Cruz CS, Bruscia EM, Egan ME, Kaminski N, Britto CJ. Single-Cell Transcriptional Archetypes of Airway Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 202: 1419-1429. PMID: 32603604, PMCID: PMC7667912, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202004-0991oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCF lung diseaseHealthy control subjectsImmune dysfunctionLung diseaseCystic fibrosisControl subjectsSputum cellsAbnormal chloride transportLung mononuclear phagocytesInnate immune dysfunctionDivergent clinical coursesImmune cell repertoireMonocyte-derived macrophagesCF monocytesAirway inflammationClinical courseProinflammatory featuresCell survival programInflammatory responseTissue injuryCell repertoireImmune functionTranscriptional profilesAlveolar macrophagesMononuclear phagocytesBioactive Plasma Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With Disease Progression in Scleroderma‐Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Ryu C, Walia A, Ortiz V, Perry C, Woo S, Reeves BC, Sun H, Winkler J, Kanyo JE, Wang W, Vukmirovic M, Ristic N, Stratton EA, Meena SR, Minasyan M, Kurbanov D, Liu X, Lam TT, Farina G, Gomez JL, Gulati M, Herzog EL. Bioactive Plasma Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With Disease Progression in Scleroderma‐Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis & Rheumatology 2020, 72: 1905-1915. PMID: 32602227, PMCID: PMC8081728, DOI: 10.1002/art.41418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCGAS/STING activationExtracellular vesiclesMitochondrial DNAPattern recognition receptorsCyclic GMP-AMP synthase/stimulatorHuman lung fibroblastsSSc-ILD cohortsInterstitial lung diseaseMT-ATP6 geneΑ-SMA expressionI interferonSSc-ILDScleroderma-Associated Interstitial Lung DiseaseSynthetic CpG DNATLR-9Clinical outcomesLung diseaseSTING activationInterleukin-6Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based methodProteomic profilesMulticellular originSystemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung diseaseImmune pattern recognition receptorsExtracellular mtDNA