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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2025

From development to regeneration: the endothelial interface in lung injury and repair.

Lisandra Vila Ellis, David N Cornfield, Michael P Croglio, Mohammad N Islam, Jamie E Meegan

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Review in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Beyond the epithelium: multicellular niches in lung regeneration and disease.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2026
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  5. Alveolar macrophage-neutrophil crosstalk in acute lung injury: mechanisms, feedback loops, and therapeutic opportunities.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lisandra Vila EllisDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2000-5592
David N CornfieldCenter for Excellence in Pulmonary Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1684-2056
Michael P CroglioDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8857-572X
Mohammad N IslamDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7929-9444
Jamie E MeeganDepartment of Physiology and Cell Biology and Center for Lung Biology, Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2644-676X

Funding

Pericytes and postnatal alveolarization: Role of hypoxia inducible factorsR01HL160018 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ALVIRA, CRISTINA MARIA, CORNFIELD, DAVID N. · 2022 to 2025
$2.6M
DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF OXYGEN SENSING IN THE LUNGR01HL060784 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI CORNFIELD, DAVID N. · 1999 to 2009
$2.2M
Intravenously injected mesenchymal stromal cells protect against Acute Lung Injury by transferring mitochondria to restore endothelial functionR01HL175058 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI Mohammad Naimul Islam · 2025 to 2026
$1.5M
Cell-free hemoglobin-oxidized LDL-LOX-1 axis and microvascular hyperpermeability during sepsisR00HL166865 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI Jamie E Meegan · 2024 to 2026
$747k
Mechanism of pulmonary endothelial cell heterogeneity and its role in diseaseR00HL155845 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI VILA ELLIS, LISANDRA · 2023 to 2024
$498k
The Impact of Shear Stress on Aquaporin 1 Expression in the Pulmonary EndotheliumF32HL176197 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CROGLIO, MICHAEL · 2024 to 2025
$172k
Bauernschmidt FellowshipHHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) F32HL176197HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) HL060784HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) HL160018HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R00HL155845HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R00HL166865Karam Family FoundationNHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL176197NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL155845NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL166865NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL060784NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL160018NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL175058Parker B. Francis
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pulmonary alveolar-capillary niche is a highly specialized interface that balances gas exchange with maintenance functions and repair. Advances in single cell transcriptomics have uncovered endothelial heterogeneity, which underlies developmental angiogenesis and plastic responses to injury. Emerging evidence from a neonatal hyperoxia model highlights CAP1 to CAP2 transitions and the role of p53 in maintaining lineage fidelity. Beyond intrinsic lineage plasticity, circulating mediators such as cell-free hemoglobin drive endothelial barrier disruption through oxidative injury and lipid modification. As new signaling pathways and therapeutics targets emerge, complementary strategies are being developed at the cellular level, including adoptive transfer of mesenchymal stromal and immune cells, although mechanisms of endothelial adhesion and homing remain incompletely defined. Finally, biomechanical forces such as shear stress have become critical contextual cues for endothelial signaling, yet remain underrepresented in some experimental models. Together, these insights underscore the central role of endothelial heterogeneity, injury responses, and environmental cues in shaping pulmonary vascular health and repair, with implications for designing targeted therapies in both pediatric and adult lung disease.

Indexed as

Endothelial CellsEndothelium, VascularLungLung InjuryRegenerationAnimalsHumansNeovascularization, PhysiologicSignal Transductionalveolar nichecell therapyhyperoxialungpulmonary endothelium

Identifiers

PMID41071714
PMCPMC12558696

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