The bidirectional gut–lung axis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

L Wang, Y Cai, J Garssen, PAJ Henricks… - American journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Epidemiological studies indicate that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is
associated with the incidence of changes in intestinal health. Cigarette smoking, as one of …

Cellular interplay in skeletal muscle regeneration and wasting: insights from animal models

P Henrot, L Blervaque, I Dupin… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Skeletal muscle wasting, whether related to physiological ageing, muscle disuse or to an
underlying chronic disease, is a key determinant to quality of life and mortality. However …

The establishment of COPD organoids to study host-pathogen interaction reveals enhanced viral fitness of SARS-CoV-2 in bronchi

LLY Chan, DE Anderson, HS Cheng, FX Ivan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by airflow limitation and
infective exacerbations, however, in-vitro model systems for the study of host-pathogen …

Novel anti-inflammatory approaches to COPD

M Cazzola, NA Hanania, CP Page… - International journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Airway inflammation, driven by different types of inflammatory cells and mediators, plays a
fundamental role in COPD and its progression. Neutrophils, eosinophils, macrophages, and …

Recent advances in human respiratory epithelium models for drug discovery

N Yaqub, G Wayne, M Birchall, W Song - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
The respiratory epithelium is intimately associated with the pathophysiologies of highly
infectious viral contagions and chronic illnesses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Animal models and mechanisms of tobacco smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

P Upadhyay, CW Wu, A Pham, AA Zeki… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death
worldwide, and its global health burden is increasing. COPD is characterized by …

Cigarette smoke-induced injury induces distinct sex-specific transcriptional signatures in mice tracheal epithelial cells

B Ghosh, PP Chengala, S Shah… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
The airway epithelial barrier is crucial for defending against respiratory insults and diseases.
Disruption of epithelial integrity contributes to respiratory diseases, and sex-specific …

Respiratory viral infections in exacerbation of chronic airway inflammatory diseases: novel mechanisms and insights from the upper airway epithelium

KS Tan, RL Lim, J Liu, HH Ong, VJ Tan… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Respiratory virus infection is one of the major sources of exacerbation of chronic airway
inflammatory diseases. These exacerbations are associated with high morbidity and even …

Advanced in vitro lung models for drug and toxicity screening: the promising role of induced pluripotent stem cells

A Moreira, M Müller, PF Costa, Y Kohl - Advanced Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The substantial socioeconomic burden of lung diseases, recently highlighted by the
disastrous impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, accentuates the …

Small-molecule-mediated OGG1 inhibition attenuates pulmonary inflammation and lung fibrosis in a murine lung fibrosis model

L Tanner, AB Single, RKV Bhongir, M Heusel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Interstitial lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are caused by persistent
micro-injuries to alveolar epithelial tissues accompanied by aberrant repair processes. IPF is …