The aging lung: Physiology, disease, and immunity

JL Schneider, JH Rowe, C Garcia-de-Alba, CF Kim… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The population is aging at a rate never seen before in human history. As the number of
elderly adults grows, it is imperative we expand our understanding of the underpinnings of …

Measuring biological aging in humans: A quest

L Ferrucci, M Gonzalez‐Freire, E Fabbri… - Aging cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The global population of individuals over the age of 65 is growing at an unprecedented rate
and is expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2050. Most older individuals are affected by multiple …

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals ectopic and aberrant lung-resident cell populations in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

TS Adams, JC Schupp, S Poli, EA Ayaub… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
We provide a single-cell atlas of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a fatal interstitial lung
disease, by profiling 312,928 cells from 32 IPF, 28 smoker and nonsmoker controls, and 18 …

Shared and distinct mechanisms of fibrosis

JHW Distler, AH Györfi, M Ramanujam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Fibrosis is defined as an excessive deposition of connective tissue components and can
affect virtually every organ system, including the skin, lungs, liver and kidney. Fibrotic tissue …

Airway remodeling in asthma

KP Hough, ML Curtiss, TJ Blain, RM Liu, J Trevor… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways that may result from exposure to allergens
or other environmental irritants, resulting in bronchoconstriction, wheezing, and shortness of …

Role of JAK/STAT in interstitial lung diseases; molecular and cellular mechanisms

P Montero, J Milara, I Roger, J Cortijo - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) comprise different fibrotic lung disorders characterized by
cellular proliferation, interstitial inflammation, and fibrosis. The JAK/STAT molecular pathway …

[PDF][PDF] Pulmonary inflammation and fibroblast immunoregulation: from bench to bedside

MA Ghonim, DF Boyd, T Flerlage… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in how fibroblasts initiate, sustain,
and resolve inflammation across disease states. Fibroblasts contain heterogeneous subsets …

IL-17 and immunologically induced senescence regulate response to injury in osteoarthritis

HJ Faust, H Zhang, J Han, MT Wolf… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Senescent cells (SnCs) are implicated in the pathogenesis of age-related diseases
including osteoarthritis (OA), in part via expression of a senescence-associated secretory …

[HTML][HTML] From ARDS to pulmonary fibrosis: the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic?

JE Michalski, JS Kurche, DA Schwartz - Translational Research, 2022 - Elsevier
While the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has transformed the medical and
scientific communites since it was first reported in late 2019, we are only beginning to …

NADPH oxidase family proteins: signaling dynamics to disease management

R Begum, S Thota, A Abdulkadir, G Kaur… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are pervasive signaling molecules in biological systems. In
humans, a lack of ROS causes chronic and extreme bacterial infections, while uncontrolled …