Nature Communications Estelle Marrer-Berger, Annalisa Nicastri, Angelique Augustin, Vesna Kramar, Hanqing Liao, Lydia Jasmin Hanisch, Alejandro Carpy, Tina Weinzierl, Evelyne Durr, Nathalie Schaub, Ramona Nudischer, Daniela Ortiz-Franyuti, Ekaterina Breous-Nystrom, Janick Stucki, Nina Hobi, Giulia Raggi, Lauriane Cabon, Emmanuelle Lezan, Pablo Umaña, Isaac Woodhouse, Alexander Bujotzek , Christian Klein & Nicola Ternette Abstract Selective binding of…
MoreFrontiers in Pharmacology Sengupta A, Dorn A, Jamshidi M, Schwob M, Hassan W, De Maddalena LL, Hugi A, Stucki AO, Dorn P, Marti TM, Wisser O, Stucki JD, Krebs T, Hobi N and Guenat OT Abstract Prolonged exposure to environmental respirable toxicants can lead to the development and worsening of severe respiratory diseases such as…
MoreFrontiers in Toxicology Sengupta, A., Roldan, N., Kiener, M., Froment, L., Raggi, G., Imler, T., de Maddalena, L., Rapet, A., May, T., Carius, P., Lehr, C., Geiser, T., Marti, T. M., Stucki, J. D., Hobi, N., & Guenat, O. T. Abstract The evaluation of inhalation toxicity, drug safety and efficacy assessment, as well as the…
MoreFrontiers in Medicine Mirjam Kiener, Nuria Roldan, Carlos Machahua, Arunima Sengupta, Thomas Geiser, Olivier Thierry Guenat, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Nina Hobi and Marianna Kruithof-de Julio Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused considerable socio-economic burden, which fueled the development of treatment strategies and vaccines at an unprecedented speed. However, our knowledge on disease recovery…
MoreEuropean Respiratory Journal Clementine Richter, Alberto Hidalgo, Patrick Carius, Nuria Roldan, Janick Stucki, Nina Hobi, Nicole Schneider-Daum, Calus-Michael Lehr Abstract The pharmaceutical industry is in rising need for alternative methods that minimise animal testing during early drug development, mainly because of the poor transferability from animal to human, costs or ethical issues. However, traditional cellular models fail to reproduce essential physio-pathological, systemic and structural aspects. In this sense, organ-on-chips have…
MoreEuropean Respiratory Journal Mirjam Kiener, Lea De Maddalena, Nuria Roldan, George N. Thalmann, Thomas Geiser, Nina Hobi, Marianna Kruithof-De Julio Abstract COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2. The virus enters the body through the airways by exploiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and serine proteinase TMPRSS2. Thus, especially lung epithelial cells are attacked by the virus. In the distal lung, the…
MoreEuropean Respiratory Journal Giulia Raggi, Nuria Roldan, Virginie Micallef, Aude Rapet, Lea De Maddalena, Théo Imler, Laurène Froment, Thomas M. Marti, Ralph A. Schmid, Ekaterina Breous-Nystrom, Adrian B. Roth, Lauriane Cabon, Nina Hobi Abstract Systemic administration of Interleukin-2 (IL-2) at high doses in cancer immunotherapy has been associated with vascular leak syndrome (VLS) and pulmonary edema, a life-threatening condition. The complex mechanism of action underlying this medication’s adverse event is not yet well understood, however it has been proposed to…
MoreEuropean Respiratory Journal Nuria Roldan, Giulia Raggi, Kleanthis Fytianos, Jessica Petracca, Janick Stucki, Fabian Käsermann, Nina Hobi Abstract Disruption of the alveolar barrier is one of the main features of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), a devastating disease with no pharmacological treatments available at present. Sepsis is also a common risk factor for the development of ARDS, associated with 30% of the cases. During sepsis, hemolysis takes place,…
MoreFrontiers in Physiology Kirsten Sehlmeyer, Jannik Ruwisch, Nuria Roldan, and Elena Lopez-Rodriguez Abstract Surfactant protein C (SP-C) is an important player in enhancing the interfacial adsorption of lung surfactant lipid films to the alveolar air-liquid interface. Doing so, surface tension drops down enough to stabilize alveoli and the lung, reducing the work of breathing. In…
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