Pulmonary Cell News Volume 11.04 | Feb 3 2022

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    Vol. 11.04 – 3 February, 2022
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    LncRNAs LCETRL3 and LCETRL4 at Chromosome 4q12 Diminish EGFR-TKIs Efficiency in NSCLC through Stabilizing TDP43 and EIF2S1

    Scientists identified two 4q12 long noncoding RNAs, LCETRL3 and LCETRL4, which could significantly dimmish epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) efficiency.
    [Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy]

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    Forskolin-Induced Organoid Swelling Is Associated with Long-Term CF Disease Progression

    Individual cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene function was defined by forskolin-induced swelling, measured as the relative size increase of intestinal organoids after stimulation with 0.8 µM forskolin, quantified as area under the curve.
    [European Respiratory Journal]

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    Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-a (PAPP-a) Is a Key Component of an Interactive Cellular Mechanism Promoting Pulmonary Fibrosis

    The authors found a highly significant correlation between pregnancy-associated plasma protein (PAPP)-A expression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis lung tissue and disease severity as measured by various pulmonary and physical function tests.
    [Journal of Cellular Physiology]

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    Estradiol Reduces ACE2 and TMPRSS2 mRNA Levels in A549 Human Lung Epithelial Cells

    Researchers examined the effects of in vitro treatment of A549 human lung epithelial cells with 17-β-estradiol on mRNA expression of genes coding for these proteins.
    [Drug Development Research]

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    Characterizing Cellular Heterogeneity in Fibrotic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis by Single-Cell Transcriptional Analysis

    Utilizing an integrated strategy based on scRNA-seq, scTCR-seq, and bulk RNA-seq analysis of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis profiles, investigators identified ten major cell types and 19 unique subtypes.
    [Cell Death Discovery]

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    A Comparative Study on the Model of PM2.5 Direct or Indirect Interaction with Bronchial Epithelial Cells

    The authors examined the viability of BEAS-2B and mRNA/protein expression profile of oxidative stress and inflammatory response-related transcription factors and according inflammatory indicators with a view to evaluate the effects of different interaction models of PM2.5 on epithelial cell damage in vitro.
    [Environmental Science and Pollution Research]

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    ΔNp63 Regulates a Common Landscape of Enhancer Associated Genes in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    By utilizing a ΔNp63-specific conditional knockout mouse model and xenograft models of lung adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, scientists found that ∆Np63 promoted NSCLC by maintaining the lung stem cells necessary for lung cancer cell initiation and progression in quiescence.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Exosomal circSHKBP1 Participates in Tumorigenesis, Metastasis, Stemness, Macrophage Polarization and Infiltration in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer through PKM2 Mediated Glycolysis

    Researchers explored the biological function of circSHKBP1 in NSCLC. CircSHKBP1 was found to be upregulated in NSCLC tissues and cell lines and was enriched in exosomes derived from NSCLC cells.
    [Molecular Therapy Oncolytics]

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    REV1 Promotes Lung Tumorigenesis by Activating the Rad18/SERTAD2 Axis

    The authors found that the expression of REV1 was significantly upregulated in lung cancer tissues compared with matched adjacent tissues and was associated with poor prognosis.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    CPNE1 Promotes Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Progression by Interacting with RACK1 via the MET Signaling Pathway

    The biological role of copine 1 (CPNE1) and receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1) in NSCLC was investigated using gene expression knockdown and overexpression, cell proliferation assays, clonogenic assays, and Transwell assays.
    [Cell Communication and Signaling]

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    Development and Validation of a Hypoxia-Associated Signature for Lung Adenocarcinoma

    Investigators developed a lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) hypoxia-related gene expression signature. RNAseq was used to identify genes significantly differentially expressed under hypoxia in four LUAD cell lines.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Analysis of the Effect of NEKs on the Prognosis of Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma Based on Bioinformatics

    The high expression of NEK2/3mRNA was significantly associated with poor prognosis in patients with NSCLC, while high expression of NEK1/4/6/7/8/9/10/11mRNA was associated with good prognosis.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    The Deubiquitinase OTUD1 Inhibits Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Progression by Deubiquitinating and Stabilizing KLF4

    GEPIA database was employed to reveal the expression level of Ovarian tumor protease domain-containing protein 1 (OTUD1) in addition to Krüppel- like factor 4 (KLF4) in NSCLC tissue samples and prove the correlation between OTUD1 and KLF4.
    [Thoracic Cancer]

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    REVIEWS

    Irreversibility of Pulmonary Fibrosis

    The authors discuss the underlying pathogenesis of irreversible pulmonary fibrosis as well as preclinical disease models, and also suggest directions for future studies.
    [Aging and Disease]

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    Nuclear Factor-Kappa B (NF-κB) Inhibition as a Therapeutic Target for Plant Nutraceuticals in Mitigating Inflammatory Lung Diseases

    Scientists discuss the medical value of nutraceuticals briefly and their ability to mitigate various inflammatory lung diseases through targeting inhibition of NF-κB.
    [Chemico-Biological interactions]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Tobacco Publishing Ban for Researchers at Industry-Owned Firms

    A group of international respiratory societies has banned researchers associated with tobacco companies from publishing papers in their journals after the controversial acquisition of a health-care firm that makes inhalers by a tobacco giant.
    [Nature]

    Press Release

    Lung Cancer Research Foundation and KRAS Kickers Announce Partnership

    The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) and KRAS Kickers announced a partnership aimed at raising much needed funds for research. Together they to pledged to fund at least one two-year grant in 2022 with the goal of improving outcomes for people with KRAS-mutant lung cancer.
    [Lung Cancer Research Foundation]

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