The MUC5B IPF risk variant promotes a distal airway secretory phenotype and loss of alveolar markers
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ABSTRACT: The dominant risk factor for the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a common variant in the promoter region of the airway mucin MUC5B, variant rs35705950. The MUC5B promoter variant enhances MUC5B expression in the terminal respiratory bronchiole, where it is normally absent. We pursued a spatial gene expression approach to understand how the MUC5B variant influences IPF in age-matched unaffected and IPF lung tissue specimens.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE267521 | GEO | 2024/07/29
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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