Developmental pathways in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis

D Chanda, E Otoupalova, SR Smith, T Volckaert… - Molecular aspects of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and terminal lung disease with no known
cure. IPF is a disease of aging, with median age of diagnosis over 65 years. Median survival …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary fibrosis as a result of acute lung inflammation: molecular mechanisms, relevant in vivo models, prognostic and therapeutic approaches

IA Savin, MA Zenkova, AV Sen'kova - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic progressive lung disease that steadily leads to lung
architecture disruption and respiratory failure. The development of pulmonary fibrosis is …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct mesenchymal lineages and niches promote epithelial self-renewal and myofibrogenesis in the lung

JA Zepp, WJ Zacharias, DB Frank, CA Cavanaugh… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The lung is an architecturally complex organ comprising a heterogeneous mixture of various
epithelial and mesenchymal lineages. We use single-cell RNA sequencing and signaling …

Can we safely target the WNT pathway?

M Kahn - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
WNT–β-catenin signalling is involved in a multitude of developmental processes and the
maintenance of adult tissue homeostasis by regulating cell proliferation, differentiation …

[HTML][HTML] Repair and regeneration of the respiratory system: complexity, plasticity, and mechanisms of lung stem cell function

BLM Hogan, CE Barkauskas, HA Chapman, JA Epstein… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
Respiratory disease is the third leading cause of death in the industrialized world.
Consequently, the trachea, lungs, and cardiopulmonary vasculature have been the focus of …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt signaling in lung development, regeneration, and disease progression

CJ Aros, CJ Pantoja, BN Gomperts - Communications biology, 2021 - nature.com
The respiratory tract is a vital, intricate system for several important biological processes
including mucociliary clearance, airway conductance, and gas exchange. The Wnt signaling …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted alveolar regeneration with Frizzled-specific agonists

AN Nabhan, JD Webster, JJ Adams, L Blazer… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Wnt ligands oligomerize Frizzled (Fzd) and Lrp5/6 receptors to control the
specification and activity of stem cells in many species. How Wnt signaling is selectively …

SARS-CoV-2 infection and lung regeneration

F Zhao, Q Ma, Q Yue, H Chen - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The lung is the primary site of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2)-induced immunopathology whereby the virus enters the host cells by binding to …

'WNT-er is coming': WNT signalling in chronic lung diseases

HA Baarsma, M Königshoff - Thorax, 2017 - thorax.bmj.com
Chronic lung diseases represent a major public health problem with only limited therapeutic
options. An important unmet need is to identify compounds and drugs that target key …

Noncanonical WNT-5A signaling impairs endogenous lung repair in COPD

HA Baarsma, W Skronska-Wasek, K Mutze… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - rupress.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death worldwide. One
main pathological feature of COPD is the loss of functional alveolar tissue without adequate …