PMID- 37261291 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230604 IS - 1663-9812 (Print) IS - 1663-9812 (Electronic) IS - 1663-9812 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2023 TI - Perspectives on precision cut lung slices-powerful tools for investigation of mechanisms and therapeutic targets in lung diseases. PG - 1162889 LID - 10.3389/fphar.2023.1162889 [doi] LID - 1162889 AB - Precision cut lung slices (PCLS) have emerged as powerful experimental tools for respiratory research. Pioneering studies using mouse PCLS to visualize intrapulmonary airway contractility have been extended to pulmonary arteries and for assessment of novel bronchodilators and vasodilators as therapeutics. Additional disease-relevant outcomes, including inflammatory, fibrotic, and regenerative responses, are now routinely measured in PCLS from multiple species, including humans. This review provides an overview of established and innovative uses of PCLS as an intermediary between cellular and organ-based studies and focuses on opportunities to increase their application to investigate mechanisms and therapeutic targets to oppose excessive airway contraction and fibrosis in lung diseases. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Lam, Lamanna, Organ, Donovan and Bourke. FAU - Lam, Maggie AU - Lam M AD - Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia. AD - Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia. AD - Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia. FAU - Lamanna, Emma AU - Lamanna E AD - Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia. AD - Institut Pasteur, Unit of Antibodies in Therapy and Pathology, INSERM UMR1222, Paris, France. FAU - Organ, Louise AU - Organ L AD - Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia. FAU - Donovan, Chantal AU - Donovan C AD - School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. AD - Hunter Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. FAU - Bourke, Jane E AU - Bourke JE AD - Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia. AD - Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230516 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pharmacol JT - Frontiers in pharmacology JID - 101548923 PMC - PMC10228656 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PCLS OT - airway OT - bronchodilator OT - fibrosis OT - intrapulmonary artery OT - standardisation OT - vasodilator COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/06/01 13:10 MHDA- 2023/06/01 13:11 PMCR- 2023/05/16 CRDT- 2023/06/01 10:39 PHST- 2023/02/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/01 13:11 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/01 13:10 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/01 10:39 [entrez] PHST- 2023/05/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1162889 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fphar.2023.1162889 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pharmacol. 2023 May 16;14:1162889. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1162889. eCollection 2023.