Darcy Wagner
Membre régulier
McGill University
Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
1001 Décarie Blvd., Block E
, Montreal
(Quebec)
H3J 1P1
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Domaine·s de recherche
- pulmonary fibrosis
- lung regeneration
- alveolar type II cells
- human lung tissue models
Université
McGill University
Axe primaire du Réseau AIRS
Déterminants omiques et biologiques de la santé
Axe(s) secondaire(s)
axe2
Secteur·s de recherche
- Santé
- Nature et technologie
Type·s de recherche
- Fondamentale
- Translationnelle
Diplôme·s
- B.ing
- Ph.D
Travaux de recherche
Our lab focuses on how the extracellular environment directs stem cell behavior for endogenous and exogenous lung tissue regeneration. We use a multidisciplinary approach using advances in materials science (polymer design and synthesis), manufacturing (e.g. 3D bioprinting), and endogenous and iPSC-derived lung stem cells to construct these new ...
Our lab focuses on how the extracellular environment directs stem cell behavior for endogenous and exogenous lung tissue regeneration. We use a multidisciplinary approach using advances in materials science (polymer design and synthesis), manufacturing (e.g. 3D bioprinting), and endogenous and iPSC-derived lung stem cells to construct these new models.
The main areas of interest of the lab are:
Design and use of biologic (acellular) and synthetic scaffolds in diverse manufacturing approaches to bioengineer new lung tissue for transplantation.
Understand the role of the extracellular matrix in directing lung stem cell behaviour in vivo and ex vivo during regeneration (normal and pathologic)
Build and validate new models of human lung tissue and chronic lung disease to reduce animal usage and for use as drug discovery and therapeutic screening platforms
NUMÉRO ORCID :
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3794-1309
Références bibliographiques et DOI
Wagner, D.E., Alsafadi, H.N., Mitash, N. et al. Inhibition of epithelial cell YAP-TEAD/LOX signaling attenuates pulmonary fibrosis in preclinical models. Nat Commun 16, 7099 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61795-x
Modeling IPF in iPSC-derived alveolar organoids Victoria Ptasinski, Susan J Monkley, Karolina Öst, Markus Tammia, Hani N Alsafadi, Catherine Overed-Sayer, Petra Hazon, Darcy E Wagner, Lynne A Murray Life Science Alliance May 2023, 6 (8) e202201853. https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202201853
Victoria A. Ptasinski, John Stegmayr, Maria G. Belvisi, Darcy E. Wagner, Lynne A. Murray, Targeting Alveolar Repair in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Volume 65, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 347–365, https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2020-0476TR
Optimizing miRNA transfection for screening in precision cut lung slices Joanna Nowakowska, Nika Gvazava, Wojciech Langwiński, Kamil Ziarniak, Iran Augusto N. da Silva, John Stegmayr, Darcy E. Wagner, and Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2024 327:5, L712-L723. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00138.2024
Alsafadi HN, Staab-Weijnitz CA, Lehmann M, Lindner M, Peschel B, Königshoff M, Wagner DE. An ex vivo model to induce early fibrosis-like changes in human precision-cut lung slices. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2017 Jun 1;312(6):L896-L902. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00084.2017. Epub 2017 Mar 17. Erratum in: Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Apr 1;318(4):L844. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.zh5-7811-corr.2020