2024
Alveolar Type 2 Cells With Impaired Proteostasis Signal to Monocyte-derived Macrophages Via a MIF/DDT-CD74 Signaling Network to Promotes Pulmonary Fibrosis in IPF
Kim S, Nouws J, Cooley J, Ahangari F, Leng L, Elias J, Kaminski N, Lee P, Redente E, Kang M, Sun H, Herzog E, Bucala R, Prasse A, Sauler M. Alveolar Type 2 Cells With Impaired Proteostasis Signal to Monocyte-derived Macrophages Via a MIF/DDT-CD74 Signaling Network to Promotes Pulmonary Fibrosis in IPF. 2024, a3001-a3001. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a3001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2020
Recent Advances in Molecular Basis of Lung Aging and Its Associated Diseases
Kang M. Recent Advances in Molecular Basis of Lung Aging and Its Associated Diseases. Tuberculosis And Respiratory Diseases 2020, 83: 107-115. PMID: 32185913, PMCID: PMC7105435, DOI: 10.4046/trd.2020.0003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAging-related lung disordersLung disordersChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseMajor unmet medical needObstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic lung disordersIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisMolecular basisMolecular featuresBiological functionsUnmet medical needMolecular mechanismsCrucial risk factorMolecular understandingMolecular biologyBiologyPulmonary diseaseLung agingPulmonary fibrosisRisk factorsAdvanced agePulmonary medicineAssociated diseaseMedical needProgressive decline