Definition and signatures of lung fibroblast populations in development and fibrosis in mice and men

X Liu, SC Rowan, J Liang, C Yao, G Huang, N Deng… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The heterogeneity of fibroblasts in the murine and human lung during homeostasis and
disease is increasingly recognized. It remains unclear if the different phenotypes identified to …

Categorization of lung mesenchymal cells in development and fibrosis

X Liu, SC Rowan, J Liang, C Yao, G Huang, N Deng… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Pulmonary mesenchymal cells are critical players in both the mouse and human during lung
development and disease states. They are increasingly recognized as highly …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell deconvolution of fibroblast heterogeneity in mouse pulmonary fibrosis

T Xie, Y Wang, N Deng, G Huang, F Taghavifar… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Fibroblast heterogeneity has long been recognized in mouse and human lungs,
homeostasis, and disease states. However, there is no common consensus on fibroblast …

The elephant in the lung: Integrating lineage-tracing, molecular markers, and single cell sequencing data to identify distinct fibroblast populations during lung …

M Riccetti, JJ Gokey, B Aronow, AKT Perl - Matrix Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
During lung development, the mesenchyme and epithelium are dependent on each other for
instructive morphogenic cues that direct proliferation, cellular differentiation and …

Dissecting pulmonary fibroblasts heterogeneity in lung development, health and diseases

X Zhang, X Shi, F Xie, Y Liu, X Wei, Y Cai, J Chao - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Lung fibroblasts are the major components in the connective tissue of the pulmonary
interstitium and play essential roles in the developing of postnatal lung, synthesizing the …

Tracing the origin of pathologic pulmonary fibroblasts

T Tsukui, D Sheppard - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Fibroblasts substantially remodel extracellular matrix (ECM) in response to tissue injury and
generate fibrotic scars in chronic diseases. Recent studies have identified diverse fibroblast …

Multiple fibroblast subtypes contribute to matrix deposition in pulmonary fibrosis

X Liu, K Dai, X Zhang, G Huang, H Lynn… - American Journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Progressive pulmonary fibrosis results from a dysfunctional tissue repair response and is
characterized by fibroblast proliferation, activation, and invasion and extracellular matrix …

Beyond fibroblast heterogeneity: What single-cell RNA sequencing tells us

Y Zhou - American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Fibroblasts are the primary cell type responsible for synthesis and remodeling of the
extracellular matrix (ECM) in response to injury. Targeting fibroblasts represents a promising …

Deciphering the age-dependent changes of pulmonary fibroblasts in mice by single-cell transcriptomics

R Wu, X Zhang, X Zhang, L Sun, T Xia… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background and objectives: The heterogeneity of pulmonary fibroblasts, a critical aspect of
both murine and human models under physiological and pathological conditions, is well …

Transcriptional characterisation of human lung cells identifies novel mesenchymal lineage markers

S Danopoulos, S Bhattacharya… - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Rationale The lung mesenchyme gives rise to multiple distinct lineages of cells in the mature
respiratory system, including smooth muscle cells of the airway and vasculature. However, a …