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ArticleNature communications2026

Targeting macrophage ferritin heavy chain mitigates ferroptosis and lung injury in experimental acute respiratory distress syndrome.

William Z Zhang, Kihwan Kim, Divya Bhatia, Lynne Faherty, Will Simmons, Eleni Kallinos, Sebastian E Carrasco, Katherine L Hoffman, Sean Houghton, Chia-Lang Hsu and 14 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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24 authors.

William Z ZhangJoan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. wzz9001@med.cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-009X
Kihwan KimJoan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Divya BhatiaJoan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8236-3440
Lynne FahertySchool of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9494-084X
Will SimmonsDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Eleni KallinosJoan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Sebastian E CarrascoLaboratory of Comparative Pathology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1926-7296
Katherine L HoffmanDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Sean HoughtonDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6385-006X
Chia-Lang HsuDepartment of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7447-8045
Leora HaberWeill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Cem MeydanDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-6216
Christopher E MasonDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1850-1642
Ananda S MirchandaniUniversity of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-1687
Sarah R WalmsleyUniversity of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9584-174X
Parag GoyalJoan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Kuei-Pin ChungDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-8068
Karla V BallmanDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4492-0357
David RedmondDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0983-8606
Joseph D ManciasDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-3717
Augustine M K ChoiJoan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Edward J SchenckJoan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7950-5989
Maria PlatakiJoan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Suzanne M CloonanJoan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. suzanne.cloonan@tcd.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5301-9926

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Respiratory Computational Discovery CoreP01HL114501 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI CHOI, MARY E · 2013 to 2025
$24.9M
Necroinflammatory Cell Death in SepsisK23HL151876 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SCHENCK, EDWARD JAMES · 2021 to 2025
$975k
Alveolar Macrophage Iron Overload in COPD PathogenesisK08HL165081 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI WILLIAM ZHENGYANG ZHANG · 2023 to 2026
$676k
Irish Research Council (An Chomhairle um Thaighde in Éirinn) IRCLA/2022/3619NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL165081NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL151876NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL114501Parker Foundation Parker B. Francis FellowshipScience Foundation Ireland (SFI) FRL4862U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 1K08HL165081U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) K23 HL151876U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) P01HL114501
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferritin, composed of heavy chain (FTH1) and light chain (FTL) subunits, is a key intracellular iron storage protein, but the origin and biological role of extracellular ferritin (ex-ferritin) remain poorly understood. Elevated serum ex-ferritin is associated with worse outcomes in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Here, we show that both FTH1 and FTL are significantly enriched in the serum, blood monocytes, and alveolar macrophages (AM) of individuals with ARDS, findings we replicate in a murine hyperoxia-induced acute lung injury model. Myeloid-specific FTH1 (Fth1

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Acute Lung InjuryApoferritinsFerritinsFerroptosisLung InjuryMacrophagesMacrophages, AlveolarOxidoreductasesRespiratory Distress SyndromeAnimalsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansHyperoxiaIronApoferritinsFerritinsFTH1 protein, humanIronOxidoreductases

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PMCPMC13454589

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