Lung organoids: current uses and future promise

CE Barkauskas, MI Chung, B Fioret, X Gao… - …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Lungs are composed of a system of highly branched tubes that bring air into the alveoli,
where gas exchange takes place. The proximal and distal regions of the lung contain …

Invited review: human air-liquid-interface organotypic airway tissue models derived from primary tracheobronchial epithelial cells—overview and perspectives

X Cao, JP Coyle, R Xiong, Y Wang, RH Heflich… - In Vitro Cellular & …, 2021 - Springer
The lung is an organ that is directly exposed to the external environment. Given the large
surface area and extensive ventilation of the lung, it is prone to exposure to airborne …

A mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 induces acute lung injury and mortality in standard laboratory mice

SR Leist, KH Dinnon, A Schäfer, VT Longping, K Okuda… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused extreme human suffering and economic harm. We
generated and characterized a new mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 virus that captures …

An orally bioavailable broad-spectrum antiviral inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human airway epithelial cell cultures and multiple coronaviruses in mice

TP Sheahan, AC Sims, S Zhou, RL Graham… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Coronaviruses (CoVs) traffic frequently between species resulting in novel disease
outbreaks, most recently exemplified by the newly emerged SARS-CoV-2, the causative …

A mouse-adapted model of SARS-CoV-2 to test COVID-19 countermeasures

KH Dinnon III, SR Leist, A Schäfer, CE Edwards… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Coronaviruses are prone to transmission to new host species, as recently demonstrated by
the spread to humans of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Morphogenesis and cytopathic effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelial cells

N Zhu, W Wang, Z Liu, C Liang, W Wang, F Ye… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, a β-coronavirus, has rapidly spread across the world, highlighting its
high transmissibility, but the underlying morphogenesis and pathogenesis remain poorly …

Remdesivir inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human lung cells and chimeric SARS-CoV expressing the SARS-CoV-2 RNA polymerase in mice

AJ Pruijssers, AS George, A Schäfer, SR Leist… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of
the novel viral disease COVID-19. With no approved therapies, this pandemic illustrates the …

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 …

Coronavirus susceptibility to the antiviral remdesivir (GS-5734) is mediated by the viral polymerase and the proofreading exoribonuclease

ML Agostini, EL Andres, AC Sims, RL Graham… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Emerging coronaviruses (CoVs) cause severe disease in humans, but no approved
therapeutics are available. The CoV nsp14 exoribonuclease (ExoN) has complicated …

Allergic inflammatory memory in human respiratory epithelial progenitor cells

J Ordovas-Montanes, DF Dwyer, SK Nyquist… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Barrier tissue dysfunction is a fundamental feature of chronic human inflammatory diseases
1. Specialized subsets of epithelial cells—including secretory and ciliated cells …