Frontiers 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…
MoreAJP Lung Cell and Molecular Physiology Limei Wang, Patrick Dorn, Soheila Zeinali, Laurène Froment, Sabina Berezowska, Gregor J. Kocher, Marco P. Alves, Melanie Brügger, Blandina I. O. Esteves, Fabian Blank, Carlos Wotzkow, Selina Steiner, Mario Amacker, Ren-Wang Peng, Thomas M. Marti, Olivier T. Guenat, Peter K. Bode, Ueli Moehrlen, Ralph A. Schmid, and Sean R.…
MoreAnnual Review of Analytical Chemistry Olivier T. Guenat, Thomas Geiser & François Berthiaume Abstract Organs-on-chips (OOC) are widely seen as being the next generation in vitro models able to accurately recreate the biochemical-physical cues of the cellular microenvironment found in vivo. In addition, they make it possible to examine tissue-scale functional properties of multicellular systems…
MoreRespiratory Research Kristina Krempaska, Sandra Barnowski, Jacopo Gavini, Nina Hobi, Simone Ebener, Cedric Simillion, Andrea Stokes, Ronja Schliep, Lars Knudsen, Thomas K. Geiser & Manuela Funke-Chambour Abstract Background. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic fatal lung disease without a cure and new drug strategies are urgently needed. Differences in behavior between diseased and healthy…
MoreAJR Cell and Molecular Biology Jannik Ruwisch, Kirsten Sehlmeyer, Nuria Roldan, Begoña Garcia-Alvarez, Jesus Perez-Gil, Timothy E Weaver, Matthias Ochs, Lars Knudsen, Elena Lopez-Rodriguez Abstract Surfactant protein (SP)-C deficiency is found in samples from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, especially in familial forms of this disease. We hypothesized that SP-C may contribute to fibrotic remodeling…
MoreAmerican Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology Jannik Ruwisch, Kirsten Sehlmeyer, Nuria Roldan, Begoña Garcia-Alvarez, Jesus Perez-Gil, Timothy E. Weaver, Matthias Ochs, Lars Knudsen & Elena Lopez-Rodriguez Abstract Surfactant protein (SP)-C deficiency is found in samples from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, especially in familial forms of this disease. We hypothesized that SP-C may…
MoreEuropean Respiratory Journal Yara-Maria Proust, Nuria Roldan, Nicole Schneider-Daum, Claus Michael-Lehr, Hanno Huwer, Tobias Krebs, Olivier T. Guenat, Janick D. Stucki, Nina Hobi Abstract The widespread application of nanoparticles has drawn intense concerns about their impact on the environment and human health. The major route of nanoparticles into the human body are the alveolar ducts,…
MoreEuropean Respiratory Journal Nuria Roldan, Aude Rapet, Giulia Raggi, Maxime Epars, Kleanthis Fytianos, Janick D. Stucki, Nicole Schneider-Daum, Claus Michael-Lehr, Hanno Huwer, Thomas Geiser, Olivier T. Guenat & Nina Hobi Abstract Pulmonary inflammatory disease is a worldwide health burden. As a common hallmark, the integrity of the alveolocapillary barrier is compromised, causing infiltration of proinflammatory…
MoreEuropean Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics Arbel Artzy-Schnirman, Nina Hobi, Nicole Schneider-Daum, Olivier T. Guenat, Claus-Michael Lehr & Josué Sznitman Abstract With rapid advances in micro-fabrication processes and the availability of biologically-relevant lung cells, the development of lung-on-chip platforms is offering novel avenues for more realistic inhalation assays in pharmaceutical research, and thereby an opportunity…
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