Project description:Acute Interstitial Pneumonia (AIP) represents a severe form of diffuse lung injury within the idiopathic interstitial pneumonia spectrum. Given the limited understanding of its molecular basis, this study aims to elucidate AIP's transcriptomic profiles to uncover its pathophysiological underpinnings and identify potential therapeutic targets.
Project description:We report abonormally expressed genes of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia by RNA-seq analysis. BMP3 was found down-regulated in idiopathic intestital pneumonia patients, and it closely correlated with pathogenesis of disease. The role of BMP3 in advancement of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia was verified by a series of experiments. Examination of differentially expressed genes in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. Verification the function of selected gene in pathogenesis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia in vivo and invitro.
Project description:Rationale: Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) and its’ familial variants are progressive and largely untreatable disorders with poorly understood molecular mechanisms. Both the genetics and the histologic type of IIP play a role in understanding the etiology and pathogenesis of interstitial lung disease, but transcriptional signatures of these subtypes are unknown. Objectives: To evaluate gene expression in the lung tissue from patients with usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) that were either familial or non-familial in origin and compare them to gene expression from normal lung parenchyma. Methods: We profiled RNA from lungs of 16 patients with sporadic IIP, 10 with familial IIP, and 9 normal controls on a whole human genome oligonucleotide microarray. Results: Significant transcriptional differences exist in familial and sporadic IIPs. The genes distinguishing the genetic subtypes belong to the same functional categories as transcripts that distinguish IIP from normal samples. Relevant categories include chemokines and growth factors and their receptors, complement components, genes associated with cell proliferation and death, and genes in the Wnt pathway. Keywords: disease state analysis
Project description:We report abonormally expressed genes of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia by RNA-seq analysis. BMP3 was found down-regulated in idiopathic intestital pneumonia patients, and it closely correlated with pathogenesis of disease. The role of BMP3 in advancement of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia was verified by a series of experiments.
Project description:We aim to identify miRNA signatures of clinical subgroups and disease pathways in patients with interstitial pneumonia (IP) and an underlying autoimmune condition. Phenotypes are segregated attending to disease duration, fibrotic disease, radiographic patterns of IP (including UIP, NSIP, others), forced vital capacity (FVC: lower or higher than 80% from ref.) and outcomes (loss of 10% FVC during 24 months of follow up). The sample is enriched in treatment-naïve patients with pulmonary-dominant syndromes. Clinical diagnosis include Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features (IPAF), Systemic sclerosis (SSc), Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), anti tRNA synthetase syndrome (ARS), and SSc/ARS overlapping disease. Those patients not fulfilling criteria for IPAF or definite connective tissue diseases are classified as undifferentiated autoimmune IP (uAIP)
Project description:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) are the 2 most common forms of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. Response to therapy and prognosis are remarkably different. The clinical-radiographic distinction between IPF and NSIP may be challenging. We sought to investigate the gene expression profile of IPF vs. NSIP We used microarray to identifiy the gene expression profiles in patients with IPF and NSIP, mixed IPF/NSIP histologic pattern and normal controls.
Project description:This study aimed to delineate molecular phenotypes of the lung microenvironment across idiopathic interestitial pneumonias, namely interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF)and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) through proteomic analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF).