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Joshua Franzen

University of Michigan

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1

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Alveolar and airway progenitors converge on an epigenetically encoded profibrotic state

Jessica Liang, Xulun Zhang, Rachel Genova, Anuradha Basyal, Kendall Foster, Qinxue Shen, Christopher Ting, Haichun Pan, Robert P Dickson, Nicole Falkowski, Joshua Franzen, Jason R Spence, Tristan Frum, Cyrina Ostgaard, Cole Weber, , Rachel Lynne Zemans

The paper identifies a conserved profibrotic transitional state arising from alveolar and airway progenitors in fibrosis and shows its epigenetic regulation.

bioRxiv · Nov 10, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Cell-Specific Modulation of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor by Kynurenine in Pulmonary Fibrosis Requires Microenvironmental Crosstalk

Hannah M. Carter, Benjamin C. Anderson, Rita Medina Costa, Joshua Franzen, Joshua Kurkonis, Kayla C. Jenkins, Rachel L. Zemans, Bethany B. Moore, Stephen J. Gurczynski

This study shows that kynurenine modulates AHR signaling in specific pulmonary cell types, with pathogenic effects requiring cell-cell interactions, not isolated cell responses.

bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2026 · PreprintImmunology