Publications

  • Alveolar macrophage-expressed Plet1 is a driver of lung epithelial repair after viral pneumonia

    Pervizaj-Oruqaj L, Selvakumar B, Ferrero MR, Heiner M, Malainou C, Glaser RD, Wilhelm J, Bartkuhn M, Weiss A, Alexopoulos I, […]

  • The lung mesenchyme in development, regeneration, and fibrosis

    El Agha E, Thannickal VJ. The lung mesenchyme in development, regeneration, and fibrosis. J Clin Invest. 2023 Jul 17;133(14):e170498. doi: […]

  • Cyclosporin A Reveals Potent Antiviral Effects in Preclinical Models of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

    Sauerhering L, Kuznetsova I, Kupke A, Meier L, Halwe S, Rohde C, Schmidt J, Morty RE, Danov O, Braun A, […]

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers profibrotic macrophage responses and lung fibrosis

    COVID-19-induced „acute respiratory distress syndrome“ (ARDS) is associated with prolonged respiratory failure and high mortality, but the […]

  • Cyclophilin inhibitors restrict Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus via interferon-λ in vitro and in mice

    Sauerhering L, Kupke A, Meier L, Dietzel E, Hoppe J, Gruber AD, Gattenloehner S, Witte B, Fink L, Hofmann […]
  • Multilineage murine stem cells generate complex organoids to model distal lung development and disease

    Vazquez-Armendariz AI, Heiner M, El Agha E, Salwig I, Hoek A, Hessler MC, Shalashova I, Shrestha A, Carraro G, […]
  • Metformin induces lipogenic differentiation in myofibroblasts to reverse lung fibrosis

    Kheirollahi V, Wasnick RM, Biasin V, Vazquez-Armendariz AI, Chu X, Moiseenko A, Weiss A, Wilhelm J, Zhang JS, Kwapiszewska G, […]

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Fibrotic Disease

    El Agha E, Kramann R, Schneider RK, Li X, Seeger W, Humphreys BD, Bellusci S. Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Fibrotic […]

  • Two-Way Conversion between Lipogenic and Myogenic Fibroblastic Phenotypes Marks the Progression and Resolution of Lung Fibrosis

    El Agha E, Moiseenko A, Kheirollahi V, De Langhe S, Crnkovic S, Kwapiszewska G, Szibor M, Kosanovic D, Schwind F, […]

  • Macrophage-epithelial paracrine crosstalk inhibits lung edema clearance during influenza infection

    Peteranderl C, Morales-Nebreda L, Selvakumar B, Lecuona E, Vadász I, Morty RE, Schmoldt C, Bespalowa J, Wolff T, Pleschka S, […]