Lung cancers: molecular characterization, clonal heterogeneity and evolution, and cancer stem cells

U Testa, G Castelli, E Pelosi - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer causes the largest number of cancer-related deaths in the world. Most (85%) of
lung cancers are classified as non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small-cell lung …

Signaling in the stem cell niche: regulating cell fate, function and plasticity

CA Chacón-Martínez, J Koester… - Development, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Stem cells have the ability to self-renew and differentiate along multiple lineages, driving
tissue homeostasis and regeneration. Paradigms of unidirectional, hierarchical …

Tumour-infiltrating Gr-1+ myeloid cells antagonize senescence in cancer

D Di Mitri, A Toso, JJ Chen, M Sarti, S Pinton, TR Jost… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Aberrant activation of oncogenes or loss of tumour suppressor genes opposes malignant
transformation by triggering a stable arrest in cell growth, which is termed cellular …

Chemokines in homeostasis and diseases

K Chen, Z Bao, P Tang, W Gong, T Yoshimura… - Cellular & molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
For the past twenty years, chemokines have emerged as a family of critical mediators of cell
migration during immune surveillance, development, inflammation and cancer progression …

Human airway organoid engineering as a step toward lung regeneration and disease modeling

Q Tan, KM Choi, D Sicard, DJ Tschumperlin - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Organoids represent both a potentially powerful tool for the study cell-cell interactions within
tissue-like environments, and a platform for tissue regenerative approaches. The …

[HTML][HTML] A correctable immune niche for epithelial stem cell reprogramming and post-viral lung diseases

K Wu, Y Zhang, H Yin-DeClue, K Sun, D Mao… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Epithelial barriers are programmed for defense and repair but are also the site of long-term
structural remodeling and disease. In general, this paradigm features epithelial stem cells …

Basal epithelial stem cells cross an alarmin checkpoint for postviral lung disease

K Wu, K Kamimoto, Y Zhang, K Yang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Epithelial cells are charged with protection at barrier sites, but whether this normally
beneficial response might sometimes become dysfunctional still needs definition. Here, we …

Roles of p38α mitogen‐activated protein kinase in mouse models of inflammatory diseases and cancer

J Gupta, AR Nebreda - The FEBS journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The p38α mitogen‐activated protein kinase pathway not only regulates the production of
inflammatory mediators, but also controls processes related to tissue homeostasis, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Senescent fibroblasts drive ageing pigmentation:​ A potential therapeutic target for senile lentigo

JE Yoon, Y Kim, S Kwon, M Kim, YH Kim, JH Kim… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cutaneous ageing is an important extrinsic process that modifies the pigmentary system.
Because cellular senescence is a fundamental ageing mechanism, we examined the role of …

Influenza virus infects epithelial stem/progenitor cells of the distal lung: impact on Fgfr2b-driven epithelial repair

J Quantius, C Schmoldt, AI Vazquez-Armendariz… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Influenza Virus (IV) pneumonia is associated with severe damage of the lung epithelium and
respiratory failure. Apart from efficient host defense, structural repair of the injured epithelium …