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ArticleScientific reports2017

Conditionally reprogrammed primary airway epithelial cells maintain morphology, lineage and disease specific functional characteristics.

Kelly M Martinovich, Thomas Iosifidis, Alysia G Buckley, Kevin Looi, Kak-Ming Ling, Erika N Sutanto, Elizabeth Kicic-Starcevich, Luke W Garratt, Nicole C Shaw, Samuel Montgomery and 4 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kelly M MartinovichTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Thomas IosifidisSchool of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8462-5865
Alysia G BuckleyCentre of Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Kevin LooiTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4241-2321
Kak-Ming LingTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Erika N SutantoTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Elizabeth Kicic-StarcevichTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Luke W GarrattTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9381-326X
Nicole C ShawTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Samuel MontgomeryTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Francis J LanniganSchool of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Darryl A KnightSchool of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.
Anthony KicicTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. Anthony.Kicic@telethonkids.org.au.ORCID 0000-0002-0008-9733
Stephen M StickTelethon Kids Institute, Centre for Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
The Kids Research Institute Australia · AUThe University of Western Australia · AUUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current limitations to primary cell expansion led us to test whether airway epithelial cells derived from healthy children and those with asthma and cystic fibrosis (CF), co-cultured with an irradiated fibroblast feeder cell in F-medium containing 10 µM ROCK inhibitor could maintain their lineage during expansion and whether this is influenced by underlying disease status. Here, we show that conditionally reprogrammed airway epithelial cells (CRAECs) can be established from both healthy and diseased phenotypes. CRAECs can be expanded, cryopreserved and maintain phenotypes over at least 5 passages. Population doublings of CRAEC cultures were significantly greater than standard cultures, but maintained their lineage characteristics. CRAECs from all phenotypes were also capable of fully differentiating at air-liquid interface (ALI) and maintained disease specific characteristics including; defective CFTR channel function cultures and the inability to repair wounds. Our findings indicate that CRAECs derived from children maintain lineage, phenotypic and importantly disease-specific functional characteristics over a specified passage range.

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AnimalsAsthmaCell DifferentiationCell LineageCells, CulturedCellular Reprogramming TechniquesChild, PreschoolCystic FibrosisFemaleFibroblastsHumansMaleMiceRespiratory Mucosa

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PMCPMC5740081
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