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Complex roles of TGF-β signaling pathways in lung development and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (2023)
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Calthorpe, R. J., Poulter, C., Smyth, A. R., Sharkey, D., Bhatt, J., Jenkins, G., & Tatler, A. L. (2023). Complex roles of TGF-β signaling pathways in lung development and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 324(3), L285-L296. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00106.2021

As survival of extremely preterm infants continues to improve, there is also an associated increase in bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), one of the most significant complications of preterm birth. BPD development is multifactorial resulting from expo... Read More about Complex roles of TGF-β signaling pathways in lung development and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Differential remodelling in small and large murine airways revealed by novel whole lung airway analysis (2023)
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Tatler, A. L., Philp, C. J., Hill, M. R., Cox, S., Bullock, A. M., John, A., …Brook, B. S. (2023). Differential remodelling in small and large murine airways revealed by novel whole lung airway analysis. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 324(3), L271-L284. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00034.2022

Airway remodelling occurs in chronic asthma leading to increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass and extra-cellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Whilst extensively studied in murine airways, studies report only selected larger airways at one time point m... Read More about Differential remodelling in small and large murine airways revealed by novel whole lung airway analysis.

Plasma cells: a feasible therapeutic target in pulmonary fibrosis? (2022)
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Goodwin, A. T., Noble, P. W., & Tatler, A. L. (2022). Plasma cells: a feasible therapeutic target in pulmonary fibrosis?. European Respiratory Journal, 60(5), Article 2201748. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01748-2022

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal lung disease characterised by the irreversible replacement of normal lung parenchyma with stiff scar tissue. The prognosis of IPF is very poor, with a median survival worse than many canc... Read More about Plasma cells: a feasible therapeutic target in pulmonary fibrosis?.

Lysyl oxidase like 2 is increased in asthma and contributes to asthmatic airway remodelling (2022)
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Ramis, J., Middlewick, R., Pappalardo, F., Cairns, J. T., Stewart, I. D., John, A. E., …Tatler, A. L. (2022). Lysyl oxidase like 2 is increased in asthma and contributes to asthmatic airway remodelling. European Respiratory Journal, 60(1), Article 2004361. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.04361-2020

BACKGROUND: Airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells are fundamental to asthma pathogenesis, influencing bronchoconstriction, airway hyperresponsiveness and airway remodelling. The extracellular matrix (ECM) can influence tissue remodelling pathways; however... Read More about Lysyl oxidase like 2 is increased in asthma and contributes to asthmatic airway remodelling.

COVID‐19 and pulmonary fibrosis: A potential role for lung epithelial cells and fibroblasts (2021)
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John, A. E., Joseph, C., Jenkins, G., & Tatler, A. L. (2021). COVID‐19 and pulmonary fibrosis: A potential role for lung epithelial cells and fibroblasts. Immunological Reviews, 302(1), 228-240. https://doi.org/10.1111/imr.12977

The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly spread around the world following the first reports in Wuhan City, China in late 2019. The disease, caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, is primarily a respiratory condition that can affect numerous other bodily systems... Read More about COVID‐19 and pulmonary fibrosis: A potential role for lung epithelial cells and fibroblasts.

Reduced biomechanical models for precision-cut lung-slice stretching experiments (2021)
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Pybus, H. J., Tatler, A. L., Edgar, L. T., O’Dea, R. D., & Brook, B. S. (2021). Reduced biomechanical models for precision-cut lung-slice stretching experiments. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 82(5), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-021-01578-2

Precision-cut lung-slices (PCLS), in which viable airways embedded within lung parenchyma are stretched or induced to contract, are a widely used ex vivo assay to investigate bronchoconstriction and, more recently, mechanical activation of proremodel... Read More about Reduced biomechanical models for precision-cut lung-slice stretching experiments.

Loss of ELK1 has differential effects on age-dependent organ fibrosis and integrin expression (2019)
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Cairns, J. T., Habgood, A., Edwards-Pritchard, R. C., Wilkinson, C., Stewart, I. D., Leslie, J., …Tatler, A. L. (2020). Loss of ELK1 has differential effects on age-dependent organ fibrosis and integrin expression. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 120, Article 105668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2019.105668

ETS domain-containing protein-1 (ELK1) is a transcription factor important in regulating ?v?6 integrin expression. ?v?6 integrins activate the profibrotic cytokine Transforming Growth Factor ?1 (TGF?1) and are increased in the alveolar epithelium in... Read More about Loss of ELK1 has differential effects on age-dependent organ fibrosis and integrin expression.

Loss of ELK1 has differential effects on age-dependent organ fibrosis (2019)
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Cairns, J. T., Habgood, A., Edwards-Pritchard, R. C., Joseph, C., John, A. E., Wilkinson, C., …Tatler, A. L. (2020). Loss of ELK1 has differential effects on age-dependent organ fibrosis. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 120, Article 105668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2019.105668

© 2019 The Author(s) ETS domain-containing protein-1 (ELK1) is a transcription factor important in regulating αvβ6 integrin expression. αvβ6 integrins activate the profibrotic cytokine Transforming Growth Factor β1 (TGFβ1) and are increased in the al... Read More about Loss of ELK1 has differential effects on age-dependent organ fibrosis.

PEGylated enhanced cell penetrating peptide nanoparticles for lung gene therapy (2018)
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Osman, G., Rodriguez, J., Chan, S. Y., Chisholm, J., Duncan, G., Kim, N., …Dixon, J. E. (2018). PEGylated enhanced cell penetrating peptide nanoparticles for lung gene therapy. Journal of Controlled Release, 285, 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.07.001

The lung remains an attractive target for the gene therapy of monogenetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF). Despite over 27 clinical trials, there are still very few gene therapy vectors that have shown any improvement in lung function; highligh... Read More about PEGylated enhanced cell penetrating peptide nanoparticles for lung gene therapy.

A theoretical model of inflammation- and mechanotransduction-driven asthmatic airway remodelling (2018)
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Hill, M., Philp, C. J., Billington, C. K., Tatler, A. L., Johnson, S. R., O'Dea, R. D., & Brook, B. S. (2018). A theoretical model of inflammation- and mechanotransduction-driven asthmatic airway remodelling. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 17(5), 1451-1470. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-018-1037-4

© 2018, The Author(s). Inflammation, airway hyper-responsiveness and airway remodelling are well-established hallmarks of asthma, but their inter-relationships remain elusive. In order to obtain a better understanding of their inter-dependence, we de... Read More about A theoretical model of inflammation- and mechanotransduction-driven asthmatic airway remodelling.

Loss of epithelial Gq and G11 signaling inhibits TGFβ production but promotes IL-33–mediated macrophage polarization and emphysema (2016)
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John, A. E., Wilson, M. R., Habgood, A., Porte, J., Tatler, A. L., Stavrou, A., …Jenkins, R. G. (2016). Loss of epithelial Gq and G11 signaling inhibits TGFβ production but promotes IL-33–mediated macrophage polarization and emphysema. Science Signaling, 9(451), Article ra104. https://doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.aad5568

Heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide–binding protein (G protein) signaling is a ubiquitous signaling system that links hundreds of G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) with four G protein signaling pathways. Two of these pathways, one mediated by Gq and... Read More about Loss of epithelial Gq and G11 signaling inhibits TGFβ production but promotes IL-33–mediated macrophage polarization and emphysema.

Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor gene deletion alters bleomycin-induced lung injury, but not development of pulmonary fibrosis (2016)
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Habgood, A., Tatler, A. L., Porte, J., Wahl, S. M., Laurent, G. J., John, A. E., …Jenkins, G. (in press). Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor gene deletion alters bleomycin-induced lung injury, but not development of pulmonary fibrosis. Laboratory Investigation, https://doi.org/10.1038/labinvest.2016.40

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive, fatal disease with limited treatment options. Protease-mediated transforming growth factor-? (TGF-?) activation has been proposed as a pathogenic mechanism of lung fibrosis. Protease activity in the lun... Read More about Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor gene deletion alters bleomycin-induced lung injury, but not development of pulmonary fibrosis.

Investigating lung responses with functional hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI in an ex vivo rat model of asthma (2015)
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Lilburn, D. M., Tatler, A. L., Six, J. S., Lesbats, C., Habgood, A., Porte, J., …Meersmann, T. (2015). Investigating lung responses with functional hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI in an ex vivo rat model of asthma. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 76(4), 1224-1235. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26003

© 2015 The Authors. Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Purpose: Asthma is a disease of increasing worldwide importance that calls for new investigative methods. Ex vivo lung tissue is being increasingly used to study functional respiratory parameters independen... Read More about Investigating lung responses with functional hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI in an ex vivo rat model of asthma.