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Overview

Parviz Minoo is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, with significant contributions also in surgery and molecular biology. The scientist has published extensively in areas encompassing neonatal respiratory health, congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies, medical imaging and pathology, respiratory support mechanisms, pediatric healthcare ethics, congenital heart defects research, and congenital anomalies including fetal surgery.

Their work explores various aspects of lung development and disease, emphasizing cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in alveologenesis and lung repair. Key topics associated with their research include:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
  • Congenital Heart Defects Research
  • Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

Their recent publications reflect ongoing research into alveolar cell biology and lung regeneration. Notable papers include:

  • Identification of a novel subset of alveolar type 2 cells enriched in PD-L1 and expanded following pneumonectomy, 2021, European Respiratory Journal
  • WNT5a-ROR Signaling Is Essential for Alveologenesis, 2020, Cells
  • Hedgehog-responsive PDGFRa(+) fibroblasts maintain a unique pool of alveolar epithelial progenitor cells during alveologenesis, 2022, Cell Reports
  • FGF10 Triggers De Novo Alveologenesis in a Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Model: Impact on Resident Mesenchymal Niche Cells, 2022, Stem Cells
  • Wnt5a Promotes AT1 and Represses AT2 Lineage-Specific Gene Expression in a Cell-Context-Dependent Manner, 2022, Stem Cells

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers in their field. Key co-authors include:

  • Zea Borok
  • Changgong Li
  • Savério Bellusci
  • Feng Gao
  • Neil Peinado

Publication venues where Parviz Minoo has frequently contributed are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cells
  • Stem Cells
  • The FASEB Journal
  • European Respiratory Journal

The scientist's research integrates clinical insights with molecular and cellular approaches to better understand lung development and disorders primarily affecting neonatal and pediatric populations.

Best Publications

  • Defects in tracheoesophageal and lung morphogenesis in Nkx2.1(-/-) mouse embryos.

    Parviz Minoo;Guoshan Su;Hong Drum;Pablo Bringas

  • Wnt5a Participates in Distal Lung Morphogenesis

    Changgong Li;Jing Xiao;Khadija Hormi;Zea Borok

  • Undetectable Interleukin (IL)-10 and Persistent IL-8 Expression Early in Hyaline Membrane Disease: A Possible Developmental Basis for the Predisposition to Chronic Lung Inflammation in Preterm Newborns

    Craig A Jones;Rowena G Cayabyab;Kenny Y C Kwong;Cynthia Stotts

  • Interactions between β-catenin and transforming growth factor-β signaling pathways mediate epithelial-mesenchymal transition and are dependent on the transcriptional co-activator cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB)-binding protein (CBP).

    Beiyun Zhou;Yixin Liu;Michael Kahn;David K. Ann

  • The human Tim/Tipin complex coordinates an Intra-S checkpoint response to UV that slows replication fork displacement.

    Keziban Ünsal-Kaçmaz;Paul D. Chastain;Ping Ping Qu;Parviz Minoo

  • Human amniotic fluid stem cells can integrate and differentiate into epithelial lung lineages.

    Gianni Carraro;Laura Perin;Sargis Sedrakyan;Stefano Giuliani

  • claudin-18, a Novel Downstream Target Gene for the T/EBP/NKX2.1 Homeodomain Transcription Factor, Encodes Lung- and Stomach-Specific Isoforms through Alternative Splicing

    Tomoaki Niimi;Kunio Nagashima;Jerrold M. Ward;Parviz Minoo

  • Epithelium-specific deletion of TGF-β receptor type II protects mice from bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis

    Min Li;Manda Sai Krishnaveni;Changgong Li;Beiyun Zhou

  • Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in epithelial-mesenchymal transition of alveolar epithelial cells: effects of misfolded surfactant protein.

    Qian Zhong;Beiyun Zhou;David K. Ann;Parviz Minoo

  • Impaired lung branching morphogenesis in the absence of functional EGF receptor.

    Päivi J. Miettinen;David Warburton;Ding Bu;Jing-Song Zhao

  • TTF-1 regulates lung epithelial morphogenesis.

    Parviz Minoo;Hasnah Hamdan;Ding Bu;David Warburton

  • Wnt5a regulates Shh and Fgf10 signaling during lung development.

    Changgong Li;Lingyan Hu;Jing Xiao;Hongyan Chen

  • Localized Fgf10 expression is not required for lung branching morphogenesis but prevents differentiation of epithelial progenitors

    Thomas Volckaert;Alice Campbell;Erik Dill;Changgong Li

  • Fgf10 dosage is critical for the amplification of epithelial cell progenitors and for the formation of multiple mesenchymal lineages during lung development.

    Suresh K. Ramasamy;Arnaud A. Mailleux;Varsha V. Gupte;Francisca Mata

  • Inhibition of distal lung morphogenesis in Nkx2.1(-/-) embryos.

    Bingbing Yuan;Changgong Li;Shioko Kimura;Robert T. Engelhardt

  • Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions in Lung Development

    Parviz Minoo;Richard J. King

  • Mesenchymal-epithelial interactions in lung development and repair: are modeling and remodeling the same process?

    F. Demayo;P. Minoo;Charles Plopper;L. Schuger

  • Embryonic mouse lung epithelial progenitor cells co-express immunohistochemical markers of diverse mature cell lineages.

    Carol W. Wuenschell;Mary E. Sunday;Gurmukh Singh;Parviz Minoo

  • Fgf10 -positive cells represent a progenitor cell population during lung development and postnatally

    Elie El Agha;Susanne Herold;Denise Al Alam;Jennifer Quantius

  • Bioactive Transforming Growth Factor-Beta in the Lungs of Extremely Low Birthweight Neonates Predicts the Need for Home Oxygen Supplementation

    C. Lecart;R. Cayabyab;S. Buckley;J. Morrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Zea Borok
Zea Borok University of Southern California
Saverio Bellusci
Saverio Bellusci University of Giessen
Edward D. Crandall
Edward D. Crandall University of Southern California
David Warburton
David Warburton University of Southern California
David K. Ann
David K. Ann City Of Hope National Medical Center
Nora Heisterkamp
Nora Heisterkamp Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
John Groffen
John Groffen Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Kwang-Jin Kim
Kwang-Jin Kim University of Southern California
Susanne Herold
Susanne Herold University of Giessen
Barry R. Stripp
Barry R. Stripp Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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