Bidirectional fibrogenic cross-talk revealed in a human iPSC-derived epithelial-mesenchymal co-culture model of pulmonary fibrosis
Andrea Brigitta Alber, George Kwong, Vishal K Gupta, Porter E. Dooley, Jill Patel, Pushpinder Bawa, Kasey Minakin, Dakota L. Jones, Diya Gopal, Huan Souza, Maria Yampolskaya, Eitan Vilker, Chandani Sen, Ansley S. Conchola, Pankaj Mehta, , Darrell N. Kotton
The paper establishes a human iPSC-derived co-culture model of pulmonary fibrosis that reveals bidirectional fibrogenic epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk and identifies potential druggable pathways.
bioRxiv · Jan 31, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology