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Pathological Roles for Endothelial Colony-Forming Cells in Neonatal and Adult Lung Disease
Endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) are vascular resident and circulating endothelial cell subtypes with potent angio...
Epithelial Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Enhances the Risk of Muc5b-associated Lung Fibrosis
The gain-of-function minor allele of the MUC5B (mucin 5B, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming) promoter (rs35705950) is the stron...
USP13 Deficiency Impairs Autophagy and Facilitates Age-related Lung Fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an age-related disease. Failure of the proteostasis network with age, including ins...
IFN-γ Is Protective in Cytokine Release Syndrome-associated Extrapulmonary Acute Lung Injury
The mechanisms by which excessive systemic activation of adaptive T lymphocytes, as in cytokine release syndrome (CRS), le...
Dysregulation of miR-103a Mediates Cigarette Smoking–induced Lipid-laden Macrophage Formation
Cigarette smoke (CS) is considered a major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is currently ...
Leptin-loaded Extracellular Vesicles Treat Sleep-disordered Breathing in Mice with Obesity
Supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute grants: NIH/NHLBI R01HL128970 (V.Y.P....
Neuropeptide Y Antagonizes Development of Pulmonary Fibrosis through IL-1β Inhibition
Neuropeptide Y (NPY), a 36 amino acid residue polypeptide distributed throughout the nervous system, acts on various immun...
Insights from Transcriptomics: CD163+ Profibrotic Lung Macrophages in COVID-19
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) begins with upper airway symptoms but proceeds in a significant proportion of patients to l...
Deficiency in DDR1 Induces Pulmonary Hypertension and Impaired Alveolar Development
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a multifaceted condition characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure, which can r...
CXCL14 Protects against Polymicrobial Sepsis by Enhancing Antibacterial Functions of Macrophages
Rapid and effective control of bacterial infection is critical for the treatment of bacterial sepsis. CXCL14 (CXC motif li...
A Locus on Chromosome 15 Contributes to Acute Ozone-induced Lung Injury in Collaborative Cross Mice
Ozone (O3)-induced respiratory toxicity varies considerably within the human population and across inbred mouse strains, i...
PD 102807 Induces M3 mAChR-Dependent GRK-/Arrestin-Biased Signaling in Airway Smooth Muscle Cells
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) not only are turned on or off to control canonical G protein signaling but also may be...
m6A Modification-mediated GRAP Regulates Vascular Remodeling in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by pulmonary vascular remodeling induced by human pulmonary arteria...
Cadherin-26 Amplifies Airway Epithelial IL-4 Receptor Signaling in Asthma
Activation of IL-4R (IL-4 receptor) signaling in airway epithelial cells leads to airway hyperresponsiveness and mucus ove...
The Role of Glutathione Reductase in Influenza Infection
Influenza infection induces lung epithelial cell injury via programmed cell death. Glutathione, a potent antioxidant, has ...
New Insights Relating Gasdermin B to the Onset of Childhood Asthma
Chromosome 17q12-q21 is the most replicated genetic locus for childhood-onset asthma. Polymorphisms in this locus containi...
Imidazobenzodiazepine PI320 Relaxes Mouse Peripheral Airways by Inhibiting Calcium Mobilization
Asthma is a common respiratory disease characterized, in part, by excessive airway smooth muscle (ASM) contraction (airway...
A Nod and a WNK (Kinase): Understanding Airway Surface Liquid pH
"A Nod and a WNK (Kinase): Understanding Airway Surface Liquid pH." American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Bio...