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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology2016

Smoking-Associated Disordering of the Airway Basal Stem/Progenitor Cell Metabotype.

Ruba S Deeb, Matthew S Walters, Yael Strulovici-Barel, Qiuying Chen, Steven S Gross, Ronald G Crystal

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Article in American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Metabolic reprogramming in the pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases, including BPD, COPD, and pulmonary fibrosis.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ruba S DeebDepartments of 1 Genetic Medicine and.
Matthew S WaltersDepartments of 1 Genetic Medicine and.
Yael Strulovici-BarelDepartments of 1 Genetic Medicine and.
Qiuying Chen2 Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Steven S Gross2 Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Ronald G CrystalDepartments of 1 Genetic Medicine and.
Cornell University · US

Funding

TRANSFORMING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION TO BENEFIT HUMAN HEALTHUL1RR024143 · NCRR · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI COLLER, BARRY · 2006 to 2011
$49.1M
Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR000457 · NCATS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI IMPERATO-MCGINLEY, JULIANNE L · 2012 to 2016
$46.0M
Overlapping Airway Basal Cell Transcriptome Reprogramming in COPD and Lung CancerR01HL107882 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI CRYSTAL, RONALD G · 2011 to 2014
$5.8M
COPD Metabolome, Smoking Oxidants and Aberrant Ciliated Cell FunctionP20HL113443 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI CRYSTAL, RONALD G · 2012 to 2016
$5.3M
Diabetic Vasculopathy and Mitochondrial eNOSR37HL087062 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI GROSS, STEVEN S · 2007 to 2016
$4.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000457NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024143NHLBI NIH HHS HL087062NHLBI NIH HHS HL107882NHLBI NIH HHS HL113443NHLBI NIH HHS P20 HL113443NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL107882NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL087062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The airway epithelium is a complex pseudostratified multicellular layer lining the tracheobronchial tree, functioning as the primary defense against inhaled environmental contaminants. The major cell types of the airway epithelium include basal, intermediate columnar, ciliated, and secretory. Basal cells (BCs) are the proliferating stem/progenitor population that differentiate into the other specialized cell types of the airway epithelium during normal turnover and repair. Given that cigarette smoke delivers thousands of xenobiotics and high levels of reactive molecules to the lung epithelial surface, we hypothesized that cigarette smoke broadly perturbs BC metabolism. To test this hypothesis, primary airway BCs were isolated from healthy nonsmokers (n = 11) and healthy smokers (n = 7) and assessed by global metabolic profiling by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The analysis identified 52 significant metabolites in BCs differentially expressed between smokers and nonsmokers (P < 0.05). These changes included metabolites associated with redox pathways, energy production, and inflammatory processes. Notably, BCs from smokers exhibited altered levels of the key enzyme cofactors/substrates nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, flavin adenine dinucleotide, acetyl coenzyme A, and membrane phospholipid levels. Consistent with the high burden of oxidants in cigarette smoke, glutathione levels were diminished, whereas 3-nitrotyrosine levels were increased, suggesting that protection of airway epithelial cells against oxidative and nitrosative stress is significantly compromised in smoker BCs. It is likely that this altered metabotype is a reflection of, and likely contributes to, the disordered biology of airway BCs consequent to the stress cigarette smoking puts on the airway epithelium.

Indexed as

MetabolomicsAdultBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesCells, CulturedChromatography, High Pressure LiquidEpithelial CellsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressRespiratory MucosaSmokingSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationBiomarkersairway basal cellscigarette smokemetabolic profilingoxidative stressprogenitor cells

Identifiers

PMID26161876
PMCPMC4821042
OpenAlexW1949098412

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