Pulmonary Center
Darrell N. Kotton, MD is the founding director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine of Boston University and Boston Medical Center. He is a physician-scientist trained in pulmonary and critical care medicine and is the David C. Seldin Professor in the department of medicine and in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Kotton is an Allen Distinguished Investigator, a Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group advised program of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. He is also an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigators and the Association of American Physicians. He leads a basic research laboratory, funded continuously by the NIH for the past 18 years, focused on lung regeneration and stem cell biology, and he serves on the NIH’s National Heart Lung and Blood Institute’s Board of External Experts. He is the recipient of the American Thoracic Society’s “Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments” (2018), the AAMC inaugural national “Research Resources Sharing Award” (2017), the Alpha-1 Foundation’s “Researcher of the Year” (2013) and “Shillelagh” (2010) Awards, Boston University’s Graduate Medical Sciences Educator of the Year Award (2018), and the Robert Dawes Evans Senior Research Mentor Award from Boston University.
Stem cell antigen-1 expression in the pulmonary vascular endothelium.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology Jun, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12611818
Side population cells and Bcrp1 expression in lung.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology Jul, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12626330
Lung stem cells: new paradigms.
Experimental hematology Apr, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15050743
Embryonic lung side population cells are hematopoietic and vascular precursors.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology Jul, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15802552
A novel stem-cell population in adult liver with potent hematopoietic-reconstitution activity.
Blood Sep, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15870171
Failure of bone marrow to reconstitute lung epithelium.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology Oct, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15961722
Lung stem cells.
Cell and tissue research Jan, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 17805578
The prolonged life-span of alveolar macrophages.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology Apr, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18192503
Another notch in stem cell biology: Drosophila intestinal stem cells and the specification of cell fates.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology Feb, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18200564
Sustained expression of alpha1-antitrypsin after transplantation of manipulated hematopoietic stem cells.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology Aug, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18323534
Induced pluripotent stem cell generation using a single lentiviral stem cell cassette.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19096035
Transcriptional analysis of fracture healing and the induction of embryonic stem cell-related genes.
PloS one , 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19415118
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a bench-to-bedside story of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor dysfunction.
Chest Aug, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19666756
Excision of reprogramming transgenes improves the differentiation potential of iPS cells generated with a single excisable vector.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19904830
Epigenetic mechanisms modulate thyroid transcription factor 1-mediated transcription of the surfactant protein B gene.
The Journal of biological chemistry Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19906647
Amelioration of emphysema in mice through lentiviral transduction of long-lived pulmonary alveolar macrophages.
The Journal of clinical investigation Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20038801
miR-129 regulates cell proliferation by downregulating Cdk6 expression.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) May, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20404570
FOXO1 modulates osteoblast differentiation.
Bone May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21281751
Telomere dysfunction induces metabolic and mitochondrial compromise.
Nature Feb, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21307849
Mouse ES and iPS cells can form similar definitive endoderm despite differences in imprinted genes.
The Journal of clinical investigation Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21537085
A shift from cell cultures to creatures: in vivo imaging of small animals in experimental regenerative medicine.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21952170
Programmatic change: lung disease research in the era of induced pluripotency.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21984571
Role of Nanog in the maintenance of marrow stromal stem cells during post natal bone regeneration.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22142851
Maintenance and repair of the lung endothelium does not involve contributions from marrow-derived endothelial precursor cells.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology Jul, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22323363
Self-renewing endodermal progenitor lines generated from human pluripotent stem cells.
Cell stem cell Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22482503
Efficient derivation of purified lung and thyroid progenitors from embryonic stem cells.
Cell stem cell Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22482505
Next-generation regeneration: the hope and hype of lung stem cell research.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22517787
The Transcription Factors Grainyhead-like 2 and NK2-Homeobox 1 Form a Regulatory Loop That Coordinates Lung Epithelial Cell Morphogenesis and Differentiation.
The Journal of biological chemistry Oct, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22955271
The 2012 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine: democratizing pluripotency for lung researchers.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23204376
Residual expression of reprogramming factors affects the transcriptional program and epigenetic signatures of induced pluripotent stem cells.
PloS one , 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23272148
Lentiviral delivery of RNAi for in vivo lineage-specific modulation of gene expression in mouse lung macrophages.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23403494
Intracellular bacillary burden reflects a burst size for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vivo.
PLoS pathogens Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23436998
Lectin-dependent enhancement of Ebola virus infection via soluble and transmembrane C-type lectin receptors.
PloS one , 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23573288
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor directs hematopoietic progenitor cell expansion and differentiation.
Blood Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23723449
Diffuse lung disease in children: summary of a scientific conference.
Pediatric pulmonology Apr, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 23798474
Diminished Memory T-Cell Expansion Due to Delayed Kinetics of Antigen Expression by Lentivectors.
PloS one , 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23824049
Clonal genetic and hematopoietic heterogeneity among human-induced pluripotent stem cell lines.
Blood Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23940280
Induced pluripotent stem cell modeling of multisystemic, hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.
Stem cell reports , 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24286032
Modeling pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with induced pluripotent stem cells.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24428646
Derivation of Endodermal Progenitors From Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Journal of cellular physiology Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25160562
Induced pluripotent stem cells model personalized variations in liver disease resulting from α1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Jul, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25690322
Emergence of a stage-dependent human liver disease signature with directed differentiation of alpha-1 antitrypsin-deficient iPS cells.
Stem cell reports May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25843048
Regeneration of Thyroid Function by Transplantation of Differentiated Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Cell stem cell Nov, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26593959
Unstable neurons underlie a stable learned behavior.
Nature neuroscience 12, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27723744
Thyroid Progenitors Are Robustly Derived from Embryonic Stem Cells through Transient, Developmental Stage-Specific Overexpression of Nkx2-1.
Stem cell reports 02, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28162994
Efficient Derivation of Functional Human Airway Epithelium from Pluripotent Stem Cells via Temporal Regulation of Wnt Signaling.
Cell stem cell 06, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28366587
Capacity of Pneumococci to Activate Macrophage Nuclear Factor κB: Influence on Necroptosis and Pneumonia Severity.
The Journal of infectious diseases 08, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28368460
Prospective isolation of NKX2-1-expressing human lung progenitors derived from pluripotent stem cells.
The Journal of clinical investigation Jun, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28463226
Interview with Darrell Kotton.
Regenerative medicine 04, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28621167
Pluripotent stem cell differentiation reveals distinct developmental pathways regulating lung- versus thyroid-lineage specification.
Development (Cambridge, England) 11, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28947536
Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Functional Lung Alveolar Epithelial Cells.
Cell stem cell 10, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28965766
Claudin-18: unexpected regulator of lung alveolar epithelial cell proliferation.
The Journal of clinical investigation 03, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29400691
Single-Cell Transcriptomic Profiling of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived SCGB3A2+ Airway Epithelium.
Stem cell reports 05, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29657097
Derivation of Epithelial-Only Airway Organoids from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Current protocols in stem cell biology 05, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30040246
Pulmonary Ionocytes Challenge the Paradigm in Cystic Fibrosis.
Trends in pharmacological sciences 10, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30213439
Generation of a Purified iPSC-Derived Smooth Muscle-like Population for Cell Sheet Engineering.
Stem cell reports 09, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31422908
Derivation of self-renewing lung alveolar epithelial type II cells from human pluripotent stem cells.
Nature protocols 12, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31732721
Generation of mesenchyme free intestinal organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Nature communications 01, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31924806
Reconstructed Single-Cell Fate Trajectories Define Lineage Plasticity Windows during Differentiation of Human PSC-Derived Distal Lung Progenitors.
Cell stem cell 04, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32004478
The in vivo genetic program of murine primordial lung epithelial progenitors.
Nature communications 01, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32005814
The Cellular and Physiological Basis for Lung Repair and Regeneration: Past, Present, and Future.
Cell stem cell 04, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32243808
Hidden neural states underlie canary song syntax.
Nature 06, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32555461
Human iPSC-derived alveolar and airway epithelial cells can be cultured at air-liquid interface and express SARS-CoV-2 host factors.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology Jun, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32577635
Morphological Cell Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Identifies Drug Repurposing Candidates for COVID-19.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology Dec, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32577649
Differentiation of human airway-organoids from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
Methods in cell biology , 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32586451
A Highly Phenotyped Open Access Repository of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Stem cell reports 07, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32619491
Expression of Amyloidogenic Transthyretin Drives Hepatic Proteostasis Remodeling in an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Systemic Amyloid Disease.
Stem cell reports 08, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32735824
Organoids Model Transcriptional Hallmarks of Oncogenic KRAS Activation in Lung Epithelial Progenitor Cells.
Cell stem cell 10, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32891189
SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Human Lung Alveolar Type 2 Cells Elicits a Rapid Epithelial-Intrinsic Inflammatory Response.
Cell stem cell 12, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32979316
Common genetic variation in humans impacts susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology Sep, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32995783
Epithelial Stem and Progenitor Cells in Lung Repair and Regeneration.
Annual review of physiology 02, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33074772
Reconstructed signaling and regulatory networks identify potential drugs for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology Dec, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33083801
Derivation of Airway Basal Stem Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Cell stem cell 01, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33098807
Actionable Cytopathogenic Host Responses of Human Alveolar Type 2 Cells to SARS-CoV-2.
Molecular cell 12, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33259812
Common Genetic Variation in Humans Impacts In Vitro Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Stem cell reports 03, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33636110
SARS-CoV-2 induces double-stranded RNA-mediated innate immune responses in respiratory epithelial-derived cells and cardiomyocytes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 04, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33811184
SARS-CoV-2 drives JAK1/2-dependent local complement hyperactivation.
Science immunology 04, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33827897
Derivation of Thyroid Follicular Cells From Pluripotent Stem Cells: Insights From Development and Implications for Regenerative Medicine.
Frontiers in endocrinology , 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33959101
Heterogeneity in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Alveolar Epithelial Type II Cells Revealed with ABCA3/SFTPC Reporters.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 10, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34101541
Morphological cell profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infection identifies drug repurposing candidates for COVID-19.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 09, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34413211
Patient-specific iPSCs carrying an SFTPC mutation reveal the intrinsic alveolar epithelial dysfunction at the inception of interstitial lung disease.
Cell reports Aug, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34469722
Sequence logic at enhancers governs a dual mechanism of endodermal organ fate induction by FOXA pioneer factors.
Nature communications 11, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34789735
Gaining Insight into Mitochondrial Genetic Variation and Downstream Pathophysiology: What Can i(PSCs) Do?
Genes 10, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34828274
Human alveolar type 2 epithelium transdifferentiates into metaplastic KRT5 basal cells.
Nature cell biology 01, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34969962
Human airway lineages derived from pluripotent stem cells reveal the epithelial responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 03, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35020534
Recombinant Lloviu virus as a tool to study viral replication and host responses.
PLoS pathogens 02, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35120176
Epithelial LIF signaling limits apoptosis and lung injury during bacterial pneumonia.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 04, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35137631
CoSpar identifies early cell fate biases from single-cell transcriptomic and lineage information.
Nature biotechnology Feb, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35190690
Editorial: Progenitors and Stem Cells in Thyroid Development, Disease, and Regeneration.
Frontiers in endocrinology , 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35211095
Specific mesoderm subset derived from human pluripotent stem cells ameliorates microvascular pathology in type 2 diabetic mice.
Science advances 03, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35245116
Air-liquid interface culture promotes maturation and allows environmental exposure of pluripotent stem cell-derived alveolar epithelium.
JCI insight 03, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35315362
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