The role of epithelial damage in the pulmonary immune response

RA Burgoyne, AJ Fisher, LA Borthwick - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary epithelial cells are widely considered to be the first line of defence in the lung
and are responsible for coordinating the innate immune response to injury and subsequent …

Ageing mechanisms that contribute to tissue remodeling in lung disease

M Schuliga, J Read, DA Knight - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Age is a major risk factor for chronic respiratory diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and certain phenotypes of …

Epithelial cells and inflammation in pulmonary wound repair

A Croasdell Lucchini, NN Gachanja, AG Rossi… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Respiratory diseases are frequently characterised by epithelial injury, airway inflammation,
defective tissue repair, and airway remodelling. This may occur in a subacute or chronic …

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 …

Cellular senescence: pathogenic mechanisms in lung fibrosis

T Parimon, MS Hohmann, C Yao - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and fatal lung disease that significantly impacts the aging
population globally. To date, anti-fibrotic, immunosuppressive, and other adjunct therapy …

[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 …

The interplay of DAMPs, TLR4, and proinflammatory cytokines in pulmonary fibrosis

S Bolourani, M Brenner, P Wang - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic debilitating condition characterized by progressive
deposition of connective tissue, leading to a steady restriction of lung elasticity, a decline in …

Danger-associated molecular patterns and danger signals in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

CD Ellson, R Dunmore, CM Hogaboam… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
The chronic debilitating lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), is characterized by
a progressive decline in lung function, with a median mortality rate of 2–3 years after …

The epithelial-immune crosstalk in pulmonary fibrosis

T Planté-Bordeneuve, C Pilette, A Froidure - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Interactions between the lung epithelium and the immune system involve a tight regulation
to prevent inappropriate reactions and have been connected to several pulmonary diseases …

After the storm: regeneration, repair, and reestablishment of homeostasis between the alveolar epithelium and innate immune system following viral lung injury

JD Planer, EE Morrisey - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The mammalian lung has an enormous environmental-epithelial interface that is optimized
to accomplish the principal function of the respiratory system, gas exchange. One …