Volpe, Maria Concetta
Ciucci, Giulio
Zandomenego, Giulia
Vuerich, Roman http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5519-248X
Ring, Nadja Anneliese Ruth http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6006-6544
Vodret, Simone
Salton, Francesco
Marchesan, Pietro
Braga, Luca
Marcuzzo, Thomas
Bussani, Rossana
Colliva, Andrea
Piazza, Silvano
Confalonieri, Marco
Zacchigna, Serena http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6705-3076
Article History
Received: 5 January 2023
Revised: 30 June 2023
Accepted: 5 July 2023
First Online: 15 July 2023
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Human lung tissue from unidentified patients with IPF or recently deceased donors was obtained from the Lung Tissue Bank at Temple Lung Center (Dept of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA). ATII cells were isolated after obtaining written informed consent by patients and approval by the Institutional Review Board (approval 4407) at Partners Healthcare and Temple University. Animal experiments were conducted in compliance with European guidelines and international laws and policies, with ethical approvals by ICGEB Animal Welfare Board, Ethical Committee, and Italian Ministry of Health (authorizations 538/2019 and 648/2019).