2024
Ezrin drives adaptation of monocytes to the inflamed lung microenvironment.
Gudneppanavar R, Di Pietro C, Oez H, Zhang P, Huang P, Braga C, Tebaldi T, Biancon G, Kim C, Gonzalez A, Halene S, Krause D, Egan M, Gupta N, Murray T, Bruscia E. Ezrin drives adaptation of monocytes to the inflamed lung microenvironment. The Journal Of Immunology 2024, 212: 0078_5418-0078_5418. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.212.supp.0078.5418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRNA-seqActin-binding protein ezrinF-actin distributionImmune response to bacteriaCystic fibrosisIn vitro functional studiesResponse to bacteriaIncreased expression of pro-inflammatory markersCytoskeleton rearrangementF-actinResponse to lung infectionExpressed genesProtein ezrinTranscriptional profilesExpression of pro-inflammatory markersPlasma membranePro-inflammatory markersFunctional studiesEzrinLung extracellular matrixCF miceExtracellular matrixWT micePI3K/Akt signalingLung infection
2022
Recruited monocytes/macrophages drive pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation and irreversible lung tissue remodeling in cystic fibrosis
Öz H, Cheng E, Di Pietro C, Tebaldi T, Biancon G, Zeiss C, Zhang P, Huang P, Esquibies S, Britto C, Schupp J, Murray T, Halene S, Krause D, Egan M, Bruscia E. Recruited monocytes/macrophages drive pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation and irreversible lung tissue remodeling in cystic fibrosis. Cell Reports 2022, 41: 111797. PMID: 36516754, PMCID: PMC9833830, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC motif chemokine receptor 2Monocytes/macrophagesLung tissue damageCystic fibrosisTissue damageCF lungPulmonary neutrophilic inflammationPro-inflammatory environmentChemokine receptor 2CF lung diseaseNumber of monocytesSpecific therapeutic agentsGrowth factor βCF transmembrane conductance regulatorLung hyperinflammationLung neutrophiliaNeutrophilic inflammationNeutrophil inflammationInflammation contributesLung damageNeutrophil recruitmentLung diseaseLung tissueReceptor 2Therapeutic target