Regulation of cellular senescence by extracellular matrix during chronic fibrotic diseases

KEC Blokland, SD Pouwels, M Schuliga… - Clinical …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex network of macromolecules surrounding cells
providing structural support and stability to tissues. The understanding of the ECM and the …

Engineering DNA vaccines against infectious diseases

J Lee, SA Kumar, YY Jhan, CJ Bishop - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Engineering vaccine-based therapeutics for infectious diseases is highly challenging, as
trial formulations are often found to be nonspecific, ineffective, thermally or hydrolytically …

Supersulphides provide airway protection in viral and chronic lung diseases

T Matsunaga, H Sano, K Takita, M Morita… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Supersulphides are inorganic and organic sulphides with sulphur catenation with diverse
physiological functions. Their synthesis is mainly mediated by mitochondrial cysteinyl-tRNA …

Mitofusins regulate lipid metabolism to mediate the development of lung fibrosis

KP Chung, CL Hsu, LC Fan, Z Huang, D Bhatia… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Accumulating evidence illustrates a fundamental role for mitochondria in lung alveolar type
2 epithelial cell (AEC2) dysfunction in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis …

CSF1R inhibition prevents radiation pulmonary fibrosis by depletion of interstitial macrophages

L Meziani, M Mondini, B Petit… - European …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Radiation-induced lung fibrosis (RIF) is a delayed side-effect of chest radiotherapy,
frequently associated with macrophage infiltration. We aimed to characterise the role of …

The aged extracellular matrix and the profibrotic role of senescence-associated secretory phenotype

YA Mebratu, S Soni, L Rosas, M Rojas… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an irreversible and fatal lung disease that is primarily
found in the elderly population, and several studies have demonstrated that aging is the …

De novo design of highly selective miniprotein inhibitors of integrins αvβ6 and αvβ8

A Roy, L Shi, A Chang, X Dong, A Fernandez… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp)-binding integrins αvβ6 and αvβ8 are clinically validated
cancer and fibrosis targets of considerable therapeutic importance. Compounds that can …

Quantitative image analysis for tissue biomarker use: a white paper from the digital pathology association

H Lara, Z Li, E Abels, F Aeffner, MM Bui… - Applied …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Tissue biomarkers have been of increasing utility for scientific research, diagnosing disease,
and treatment response prediction. There has been a steady shift away from qualitative …

Elevation of IL‐6 and IL‐33 levels in serum associated with lung fibrosis and skeletal muscle wasting in a bleomycin‐induced lung injury mouse model

JM Shieh, HY Tseng, F Jung, SH Yang… - Mediators of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Weight loss due to skeletal muscle atrophy in patients with chronic pulmonary disease is
negatively correlated with clinical outcome. Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and progressive …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence identifies inflammation and confirms fibroblast foci as prognostic tissue biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

K Mäkelä, MI Mäyränpää, HK Sihvo, P Bergman… - Human Pathology, 2021 - Elsevier
A large number of fibroblast foci (FF) predict mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Other prognostic histological markers have not been identified. Artificial intelligence (AI) …