Autophagy and inflammation in chronic respiratory disease

AC Racanelli, SA Kikkers, AMK Choi, SM Cloonan - Autophagy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Persistent inflammation within the respiratory tract underlies the pathogenesis of numerous
chronic pulmonary diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and …

Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT): a universal process in lung diseases with implications for cystic fibrosis pathophysiology

N Rout-Pitt, N Farrow, D Parsons, M Donnelley - Respiratory research, 2018 - Springer
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder that arises due to mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator gene, which encodes for a protein responsible for …

Recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of lung alveolarization and bronchopulmonary dysplasia

E Lignelli, F Palumbo, D Myti… - American Journal of …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in
preterm infants. A key histopathological feature of BPD is stunted late lung development …

The prophylaxis and treatment potential of supplements for COVID-19

A Sahebnasagh, F Saghafi, R Avan, A Khoshi… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The global impact of the new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), infection that caused COVID-19 has been evident in the last few months …

Role of autophagy in lung diseases and ageing

Y Zhang, J Zhang, Z Fu - European Respiratory Review, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The lungs face ongoing chemical, mechanical, biological, immunological and xenobiotic
stresses over a lifetime. Advancing age progressively impairs lung function. Autophagy is a …

The role of zinc in the pathogenesis of lung disease

X Liu, MK Ali, K Dua, R Xu - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), and cystic
fibrosis (CF), are among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity globally. They …

[HTML][HTML] TSLP protects against liver I/R injury via activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway

S Li, Z Yi, M Deng, MJ Scott, C Yang, W Li, Z Lei… - JCI insight, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a cytokine mainly released by epithelial cells that
plays important roles in inflammation, autoimmune disease, and cancer. While TSLP is …

Zinc deficiency as a codeterminant for airway epithelial barrier dysfunction in an ex vivo model of COPD

E Roscioli, HPA Jersmann, S Lester… - … journal of chronic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
There is now convincing evidence that the airway epithelium drives the pathogenesis of
COPD. A major aspect of this is the disease-related reduction in barrier function that is …

Autophagy augmentation alleviates cigarette smoke-induced CFTR-dysfunction, ceramide-accumulation and COPD-emphysema pathogenesis

M Bodas, G Pehote, D Silverberg, E Gulbins… - Free Radical Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we aimed to investigate precise mechanism (s) of sphingolipid-imbalance and
resulting ceramide-accumulation in COPD-emphysema. Where, human and murine …

Airway epithelial cells exposed to wildfire smoke extract exhibit dysregulated autophagy and barrier dysfunction consistent with COPD

E Roscioli, R Hamon, SE Lester, HPA Jersmann… - Respiratory …, 2018 - Springer
Background Individuals with respiratory disease are being increasingly exposed to wildfire
smoke as populations encroach further into forested regions and climate change continues …