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ArticleNature communications2026

Single-cell atlas of human lung aging identifies cell type dyssynchrony and increased transcriptional entropy.

Ruben De Man, John E McDonough, Taylor S Adams, Fadi Nikola, Reina Rangel, Sabina Anderson, Edward P Manning, Juan Cala Garcia, Benjamin Moss, Alan Waich and 12 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Hallmarks of the ageing lung: 10 years later.The European respiratory journal · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Ruben De ManSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5468-0281
John E McDonoughDepartment of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Taylor S AdamsSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4280-9070
Fadi NikolaSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Reina RangelSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Sabina AndersonSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Edward P ManningSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4430-8168
Juan Cala GarciaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2571-1373
Benjamin MossSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Alan WaichSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Fernando PoliSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Rafael CardenasSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Cristian CoarfaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4183-4939
Qi SongBristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5420-4031
Ziv Bar-JosephComputational Biology Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3430-6051
Bart M VanaudenaerdeDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6435-6901
Wim A WuytsDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Laura NiklasonDepartment of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Micha Sam B RaredonDepartment of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1441-6122
Xiting YanSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8688-9004
Ivan O RosasSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Naftali KaminskiSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. naftali.kaminski@yale.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5917-4601

Funding

Genomic Analysis of Tissue and Cellular Heterogeneity in IPFR01HL127349 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BENOS, PANAGIOTIS V, KAMINSKI, NAFTALI · 2015 to 2025
$5.9M
Epithelial Protective Effects of Thyroid Hormone Signaling in FibrosisR01HL141852 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KAMINSKI, NAFTALI · 2019 to 2022
$3.4M
Normal Aging Lung Cell Atlas (NALCA)U01HL145567 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KAMINSKI, NAFTALI · 2019 to 2022
$2.8M
Mir-29 mimicry as a therapy for pulmonary fibrosisUH2HL123886 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KAMINSKI, NAFTALI · 2014 to 2015
$2.7M
Age-related Changes in the Pulmonary ArteryR03AG074063 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MANNING, EDWARD P · 2022 to 2023
$335k
NIA NIH HHS R03 AG074063NIGMSU.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R01HL127349U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R01HL141852U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) U01HL145567U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) UH2HL123886Yale Medical Scientist Training Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age is a major risk factor for lung disease. We characterized the changing cellular, transcriptional, and genomic landscape of human lung aging using single-cell RNA sequencing. We find that lung aging is cell-type dyssynchronous, with alveolar epithelial and endothelial cells exhibiting the greatest transcriptional changes. Among alveolar epithelial cells, aging is associated with a decreased relative proportion of surfactant-expressing SPC

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AgingLungAdultAgedAlveolar Epithelial CellsCellular SenescenceEndothelial CellsEntropyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationSingle-Cell AnalysisSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisTranscription, Genetic

Identifiers

PMID41571679
PMCPMC12953888

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