ArticleThorax2022
Association of circulating cell-free double-stranded DNA and metabolic derangements in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Article in Thorax, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- From immunological mechanisms to targeted therapies: a bibliometric analysis in the domain of research concerning neutrophil extracellular traps and pulmonary diseases (2006-2025).Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Advances in metabolic reprogramming of pulmonary fibrosis.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2026Review
- Deciphering the interplay: circulating cell-free DNA, signaling pathways, and disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.3 Biotech · 2025Review
- Identification of immune patterns in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients driven by PLA2G7-positive macrophages using an integrated machine learning survival framework.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Heightened cholesterol 25-hydroxylase expression in aged lung duringFrontiers in aging · 2024Article
- The oncogenic landscape of the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a narrative review.Translational lung cancer research · 2022Review
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Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal lung disease with unclear aetiology and poorly understood pathophysiology. Although plasma levels of circulating cell-free DNA (ccf-DNA) and metabolomic changes have been reported in IPF, the associations between ccf-DNA levels and metabolic derangements in lung fibrosis are unclear. Here, we demonstrate that ccf-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) is increased in patients with IPF with rapid progression of disease compared with slow progressors and healthy controls and that ccf-dsDNA associates with amino acid metabolism, energy metabolism and lipid metabolism pathways in patients with IPF.
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