[HTML][HTML] Accelerating antiviral drug discovery: lessons from COVID-19

A von Delft, MD Hall, AD Kwong, LA Purcell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a wave of rapid and
collaborative drug discovery efforts took place in academia and industry, culminating in …

[HTML][HTML] The role of epithelial damage in the pulmonary immune response

RA Burgoyne, AJ Fisher, LA Borthwick - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary epithelial cells are widely considered to be the first line of defence in the lung
and are responsible for coordinating the innate immune response to injury and subsequent …

A human model of asthma exacerbation reveals transcriptional programs and cell circuits specific to allergic asthma

J Alladina, NP Smith, T Kooistra, K Slowikowski… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Asthma is a chronic disease most commonly associated with allergy and type 2
inflammation. However, the mechanisms that link airway inflammation to the structural …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term differentiating primary human airway epithelial cell cultures: how far are we?

Z Bukowy-Bieryłło - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2021 - Springer
Background Human airway epithelial (HAE) cellular models are widely used in applicative
studies of the airway physiology and disease. In vitro expanded and differentiated primary …

[HTML][HTML] Lung fibrosis and fibrosis in the lungs: is it all about myofibroblasts?

E Ortiz-Zapater, J Signes-Costa, P Montero, I Roger - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the lungs, fibrosis is a growing clinical problem that results in shortness of breath and can
end up in respiratory failure. Even though the main fibrotic disease affecting the lung is …

[HTML][HTML] Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis: Challenges and prospects

H Sui, X Xu, Y Su, Z Gong, X Liu, C Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening autosomal-recessive disease caused by mutations in
a single gene encoding cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). CF …

Lung epithelial cells interact with immune cells and bacteria to shape the microenvironment in tuberculosis

AM de Waal, PS Hiemstra, THM Ottenhoff, SA Joosten… - Thorax, 2022 - thorax.bmj.com
The lung epithelium has long been overlooked as a key player in tuberculosis disease. In
addition to acting as a direct barrier to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), epithelial cells …

[HTML][HTML] Airway-on-a-chip: designs and applications for lung repair and disease

TJ Bennet, A Randhawa, J Hua, KC Cheung - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The lungs are affected by illnesses including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, and infections such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2. Physiologically relevant models …

[HTML][HTML] Secretory immunoglobulin a immunity in chronic obstructive respiratory diseases

C de Fays, FM Carlier, S Gohy, C Pilette - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and cystic fibrosis (CF) are distinct
respiratory diseases that share features such as the obstruction of small airways and …

Nanoparticles for local delivery of siRNA in lung therapy

M Kubczak, S Michlewska, M Bryszewska… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
An overview of the application of natural and synthetic, non-viral vectors for oligonucleotide
delivery into the lung is presented in this review, with a special focus on lung cancer. Due to …