2015
Mesenchymal stem cells use extracellular vesicles to outsource mitophagy and shuttle microRNAs
Phinney DG, Di Giuseppe M, Njah J, Sala E, Shiva S, St Croix CM, Stolz DB, Watkins SC, Di YP, Leikauf GD, Kolls J, Riches DW, Deiuliis G, Kaminski N, Boregowda SV, McKenna DH, Ortiz LA. Mesenchymal stem cells use extracellular vesicles to outsource mitophagy and shuttle microRNAs. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 8472. PMID: 26442449, PMCID: PMC4598952, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArrestinsBlotting, WesternCell-Derived MicroparticlesExosomesExtracellular VesiclesFlow CytometryHumansMacrophagesMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMicroRNAsMicroscopy, ElectronMitochondriaMitophagyMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Oxidative StressReceptors, ImmunologicSignal TransductionSilicosisToll-Like Receptor 4Toll-Like Receptor 9Toll-Like ReceptorsConceptsMesenchymal stem cellsStem cellsDomain-containing protein 1Stem cell nicheHealthy mitochondrial functionHaematopoietic stem cellsCell nichePlasma membraneToll-like receptor signalingIntracellular oxidative stressMitochondrial functionExtracellular vesiclesMicro RNAsReceptor signalingProtein 1MitophagyMSC survivalMitochondriaOxidative stressMacrophage functionVesiclesCellsRecent studiesMacrophage activationMacrophages
2009
WNT5A Is a Regulator of Fibroblast Proliferation and Resistance to Apoptosis
Vuga LJ, Ben-Yehudah A, Kovkarova-Naumovski E, Oriss T, Gibson KF, Feghali-Bostwick C, Kaminski N. WNT5A Is a Regulator of Fibroblast Proliferation and Resistance to Apoptosis. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2009, 41: 583-589. PMID: 19251946, PMCID: PMC2778165, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0201oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosisBeta CateninBlotting, WesternCase-Control StudiesCaspase 3Cell LineCell ProliferationCell SurvivalFibroblastsFibronectinsGene Expression ProfilingHumansHydrogen PeroxideIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisIntegrin alpha5LungMiceOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisProto-Oncogene ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA InterferenceTransfectionUp-RegulationWnt ProteinsWnt-5a ProteinConceptsUsual interstitial pneumoniaNormal lung fibroblastsLung tissueLung fibroblastsFibrotic interstitial lung diseaseInterstitial lung fibrosisSpecific histopathologic patternIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisInterstitial lung diseaseRole of Wnt5aReal-time RT-PCRQuantitative real-time RT-PCRInterstitial pneumoniaPulmonary fibrosisAutoimmune diseasesHistopathologic patternLung diseaseLung fibrosisHistological patternNormal histologyWnt/beta-catenin pathwayCanonical Wnt/beta-catenin pathwayWestern blotFibroblast proliferationBeta-catenin pathway
2007
Accelerated Variant of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Clinical Behavior and Gene Expression Pattern
Selman M, Carrillo G, Estrada A, Mejia M, Becerril C, Cisneros J, Gaxiola M, Pérez-Padilla R, Navarro C, Richards T, Dauber J, King TE, Pardo A, Kaminski N. Accelerated Variant of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Clinical Behavior and Gene Expression Pattern. PLOS ONE 2007, 2: e482. PMID: 17534432, PMCID: PMC1868965, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisMonths of symptomsSubset of patientsRapid progressorsPulmonary fibrosisProgression of IPFBronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cellular profileActive matrix metalloproteinase-9Kaplan-Meyer methodRapid progressor groupTime of diagnosisBeginning of symptomsEnd-stage diseaseAccelerated clinical courseMatrix metalloproteinase-9Proportional hazards modelMigration/proliferationAdenosine 2B receptorSmooth muscle cellsAlveolar epithelial cellsIPF patientsProgressor groupSlow progressorsClinical courseInsidious onset
2004
Sil overexpression in lung cancer characterizes tumors with increased mitotic activity
Erez A, Perelman M, Hewitt SM, Cojacaru G, Goldberg I, Shahar I, Yaron P, Muler I, Campaner S, Amariglio N, Rechavi G, Kirsch IR, Krupsky M, Kaminski N, Izraeli S. Sil overexpression in lung cancer characterizes tumors with increased mitotic activity. Oncogene 2004, 23: 5371-5377. PMID: 15107824, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207685.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaBlotting, WesternCell DifferentiationCell DivisionCell LineG1 PhaseGenes, Immediate-EarlyHeLa CellsHumansImmunohistochemistryIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKinetochoresLung NeoplasmsMitosisNeoplasm MetastasisOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOncogene Proteins, FusionRNA, MessengerConceptsLung cancerT-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaMitotic activityAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaLung cancer samplesPrimary adenocarcinomaLymphoblastic leukemiaMetastatic spreadImmediate early genesMicroarray gene expression analysisTissue arraysPeak levelsCancer samplesProtein expressionTumorsCancerProtein levelsCell proliferationMitotic indexCommon chromosomal rearrangementsGene expression analysisSIL geneEarly genesOverexpressionRecent studies