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ArticleJCI insight2023

Epithelial Yap/Taz are required for functional alveolar regeneration following acute lung injury.

Gianluca T DiGiovanni, Wei Han, Taylor P Sherrill, Chase J Taylor, David S Nichols, Natalie M Geis, Ujjal K Singha, Carla L Calvi, A Scott McCall, Molly M Dixon and 7 more

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Article in JCI insight, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gianluca T DiGiovanniDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Wei HanDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Taylor P SherrillDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Chase J TaylorDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
David S NicholsDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Natalie M GeisDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Ujjal K SinghaDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Carla L CalviDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
A Scott McCallDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Molly M DixonDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Yang LiuDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Ji-Hoon JangDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Sergey S GutorDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Vasiliy V PolosukhinDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Timothy S BlackwellDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jonathan A KropskiDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jason J GokeyDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Familial Pulmonary FibrosisP01HL092870 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BLACKWELL, TIMOTHY S. · 2010 to 2020
$21.6M
BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE RESEARCH IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASET32HL007426 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CORAL GABLES · PI PENEDO, FRANK J · 1985 to 2023
$7.1M
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Lung ResearchT32HL094296 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Ray Stokes Peebles · 2008 to 2026
$6.3M
Mechanisms of epithelial repair and remodeling in pulmonary fibrosisR01HL153246 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI KROPSKI, JONATHAN ANDREW · 2020 to 2024
$2.8M
BLRD VA I01 BX002378NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL092870NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL153246NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007426NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL094296
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A hallmark of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other interstitial lung diseases is dysregulated repair of the alveolar epithelium. The Hippo pathway effector transcription factors YAP and TAZ are implicated as essential for type 1 and type 2 alveolar epithelial cell (AT1 and AT2) differentiation in the developing lung, yet aberrant activation of YAP/TAZ is a prominent feature of the dysregulated alveolar epithelium in IPF. In these studies, we sought to define the functional role of YAP/TAZ activity during alveolar regeneration. We demonstrated that Yap and Taz were normally activated in AT2 cells shortly after injury, and deletion of Yap/Taz in AT2 cells led to pathologic alveolar remodeling, failure of AT2-to-AT1 cell differentiation, increased collagen deposition, exaggerated neutrophilic inflammation, and increased mortality following injury induced by a single dose of bleomycin. Loss of Yap/Taz activity prior to an LPS injury prevented AT1 cell regeneration, led to intraalveolar collagen deposition, and resulted in persistent innate inflammation. These findings establish that AT2 cell Yap/Taz activity is essential for functional alveolar epithelial repair and prevention of fibrotic remodeling.

Indexed as

Acute Lung InjuryIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisYAP-Signaling ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCollagenHumansInflammationRegenerationSignal TransductionTranscriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCollagenTranscriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif ProteinsWWTR1 protein, humanYAP-Signaling ProteinsFibrosisMouse stem cellsPulmonology

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PMID37676731
PMCPMC10629815
OpenAlexW4386514813

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