ReviewPhysiological reviews2023
Contribution of adaptive immunity to human COPD and experimental models of emphysema.
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- HHIP's dynamic role in epithelial wound healing reveals a potential mechanism of COPD susceptibility.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- A Brief History of COPD: As Told by Some of Its Senior Scientists and Clinicians.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Joint clinical and molecular subtyping of COPD with variational autoencoders.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Compartment-specific phase compensation between pulmonary T-Cell immunity and waning systemic responses in BA.5 breakthrough infection.Respiratory research · 2026Article
- Unfolding Immune Dysregulation in COPD: Identification of a Three-Gene Signature and Functional Validation ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- CD207-Positive Dendritic Cells Promote Emphysema Through CD8Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Inflammatory phenotype drives different immunosuppressive response in COPD exacerbations.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Seawater drowning induced acute lung injury: new insights from novel mouse models and micro-CT imaging.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Article
- A Single Cell Atlas of the COPD Lung Identifies Inflammatory Reprogramming in Fibroblasts.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Article
- Pathogenesis, Diagnostic Advances, and Therapeutic Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Narrative Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Review
- Systems Biology and Multi-Omics in Asthma and COPD: A Systematic Review of Computational Approaches (2010-2024).Journal of asthma and allergy · 2026Review
- Impact of intranasal cigarette smoke exposure on murine peripheral immune responses and lung pathology.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Article
- Epitranscriptomics, immunometabolism, and NETosis: unlocking novel mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine in COPD.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Dietary and lifestyle oxidative balance, metabolic dysfunction, and preserved ratio impaired spirometry in Chinese adults: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Impaired immune metabolism in COPD driven by dysfunction of CXCL16 + alveolar macrophages: multivariate causal evidence.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2025Article
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Abstract
The pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the undisputed role of innate immune cells in this condition have dominated the field in the basic research arena for many years. Recently, however, compelling data suggesting that adaptive immune cells may also contribute to the progressive nature of lung destruction associated with COPD in smokers have gained considerable attention. The histopathological changes in the lungs of smokers can be limited to the large or small airways, but alveolar loss leading to emphysema, which occurs in some individuals, remains its most significant and irreversible outcome. Critically, however, the question of why emphysema progresses in a subset of former smokers remained a mystery for many years. The recognition of activated and organized tertiary T- and B-lymphoid aggregates in emphysematous lungs provided the first clue that adaptive immune cells may play a crucial role in COPD pathophysiology. Based on these findings from human translational studies, experimental animal models of emphysema were used to determine the mechanisms through which smoke exposure initiates and orchestrates adaptive autoreactive inflammation in the lungs. These models have revealed that T helper (Th)1 and Th17 subsets promote a positive feedback loop that activates innate immune cells, confirming their role in emphysema pathogenesis. Results from genetic studies and immune-based discoveries have further provided strong evidence for autoimmunity induction in smokers with emphysema. These new findings offer a novel opportunity to explore the mechanisms underlying the inflammatory landscape in the COPD lung and offer insights for development of precision-based treatment to halt lung destruction.
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