Paola Confalonieri

Targeting hypoxia-responsive miR-155-5p and miR-210-3p restores alveolar regeneration and reverses pulmonary fibrosis

This study identifies miR-155-5p and miR-210-3p as regulators of alveolar regeneration in IPF, showing their inhibition restores epithelial repair and reverses fibrosis in mice.

AAV-miR-124 enhances endogenous alveolar epithelial regenerative plasticity and reverses bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis

This study identifies miR-124-3p as a promoter of alveolar epithelial transdifferentiation and shows that AAV-delivered miR-124 reduces bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice.

Vapor-based Fixation of Pulmonary Tissue in its Physiological State: A Novel Approach to Histological Validation of Ultra High Resolution Phase Contrast CT in Human Sized Lungs

The paper demonstrates that formaldehyde vapor fixation preserves porcine lung tissue for high-resolution phase contrast CT imaging and histology, validating its use for studying lung pathology.