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ReviewDisease models & mechanisms2020

Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells: physiology, tissue homeostasis and disease.

Masafumi Noguchi, Kana T Furukawa, Mitsuru Morimoto

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Review in Disease models & mechanisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Masafumi NoguchiLaboratory for Lung Development and Regeneration, RIKEN Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2274-648X
Kana T FurukawaLaboratory for Lung Development and Regeneration, RIKEN Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9317-3856
Mitsuru MorimotoLaboratory for Lung Development and Regeneration, RIKEN Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan mitsuru.morimoto@riken.jp.ORCID 0000-0003-1905-9398

Funding

Chief Scientist Office [UK]Medical Research CouncilWellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian lungs have the ability to recognize external environments by sensing different compounds in inhaled air. Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs) are rare, multi-functional epithelial cells currently garnering attention as intrapulmonary sensors; PNECs can detect hypoxic conditions through chemoreception. Because PNEC overactivation has been reported in patients suffering from respiratory diseases - such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and other congenital diseases - an improved understanding of the fundamental characteristics of PNECs is becoming crucial in pulmonary biology and pathology. During the past decade, murine genetics and disease models revealed the involvement of PNECs in lung ventilation dynamics, mechanosensing and the type 2 immune responses. Single-cell RNA sequencing further unveiled heterogeneous gene expression profiles in the PNEC population and revealed that a small number of PNECs undergo reprogramming during regeneration. Aberrant large clusters of PNECs have been observed in neuroendocrine tumors, including small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Modern innovation of imaging analyses has enabled the discovery of dynamic migratory behaviors of PNECs during airway development, perhaps relating to SCLC malignancy. This Review summarizes the findings from research on PNECs, along with novel knowledge about their function. In addition, it thoroughly addresses the relevant questions concerning the molecular pathology of pulmonary diseases and related therapeutic approaches.

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HomeostasisAnimalsHumansLungLung DiseasesNeuroendocrine CellsStem Cell NicheStem CellsDevelopmentLungNeuroendocrineRegenerationRespiratory diseasesVagal nerves

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PMID33355253
PMCPMC7774893

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