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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2018

Free-Floating Mesothelial Cells in Pleural Fluid After Lung Surgery.

Arne Kienzle, Andrew B Servais, Alexandra B Ysasi, Barry C Gibney, Cristian D Valenzuela, Willi L Wagner, Maximilian Ackermann, Steven J Mentzer

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Arne KienzleLaboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Andrew B ServaisLaboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Alexandra B YsasiLaboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Barry C GibneyLaboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Cristian D ValenzuelaLaboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Willi L WagnerDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Maximilian AckermannInstitute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Steven J MentzerLaboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USHeidelberg University · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI Brent Andrew Coull · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
HARVARD-LONGWOOD RESEARCH TRAINING IN VASCULAR SURGERYT32HL007734 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI FERRAN, CHRISTIANE, LOGERFO, FRANK W · 1993 to 2023
$10.5M
ADVANCED TRAINING IN SURGICAL ONCOLOGYT32CA009535 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BUENO, RAPHAEL · 1985 to 2015
$3.5M
Adult Tissue Morphogenesis: Functional Regulation of Intussusceptive AngiogenesisR01HL094567 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MENTZER, STEVEN · 2009 to 2016
$3.2M
Formation of the Elastin Line Element in the Developing LungF32HL134229 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI VALENZUELA, CRISTIAN DAVID · 2016 to 2016
$57k
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009535NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL134229NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL094567NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007734NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe mesothelium, the surface layer of the heart, lung, bowel, liver, and tunica vaginalis, is a complex tissue implicated in organ-specific diseases and regenerative biology; however, the mechanism of mesothelial repair after surgical injury is unknown. Previous observations indicated seeding of denuded mesothelium by free-floating mesothelial cells may contribute to mesothelial healing. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of mesothelial cells in pleural fluid during the 7 days following pulmonary surgery. STUDY

designFlow cytometry was employed to study pleural fluid of 45 patients after lung resection or transplantation. We used histologically validated mesothelial markers (CD71 and WT1) to estimate the prevalence of mesothelial cells.

resultsThe viability of pleural fluid cells approached 100%. Leukocytes and mesothelial cells were identified in the pleural fluid within the first week after surgery. The leukocyte concentration was relatively stable at all time points. In contrast, mesothelial cells, identified by CD71 and WT1 peaked on POD3. The broad expression of CD71 molecule in postoperative pleural fluid suggests that many of the free-floating non-leukocyte cells were activated or proliferative mesothelial cells.

conclusionWe demonstrated that pleural fluid post lung surgery is a source of mesothelial cells; most of these cells appear to be viable and, as shown by CD71 staining, activated mesothelial cells. The observed peak of mesothelial cells on POD3 is consistent with a potential reparative role of free-floating mesothelial cells after pulmonary surgery.

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lung healinglung regenerationmesothelial cellspleural fluidpneumonectomy

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PMID29675416
PMCPMC5895720
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