2014
Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis
Zhou Y, Peng H, Sun H, Peng X, Tang C, Gan Y, Chen X, Mathur A, Hu B, Slade MD, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Homer RJ, White ES, Lee CM, Moore MW, Gulati M, Lee CG, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 240ra76. PMID: 24920662, PMCID: PMC4340473, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisCHI3L1 levelsChitinase 3Lungs of patientsAlternative macrophage activationLevel of apoptosisAcute exacerbationFibroproliferative repairLung transplantationDisease exacerbationInjury phaseAmbulatory patientsEpithelial injuryPulmonary fibrosisIPF populationLung fibrosisMacrophage accumulationCHI3L1 expressionFibrotic phaseDisease progressionProfibrotic roleFibroproliferative responseMacrophage activationMyofibroblast transformationProtective role
2011
Local apoptosis promotes collagen production by monocyte-derived cells in transforming growth factor β1-induced lung fibrosis
Peng X, Mathai SK, Murray LA, Russell T, Reilkoff R, Chen Q, Gulati M, Elias JA, Bucala R, Gan Y, Herzog EL. Local apoptosis promotes collagen production by monocyte-derived cells in transforming growth factor β1-induced lung fibrosis. Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair 2011, 4: 12. PMID: 21586112, PMCID: PMC3123188, DOI: 10.1186/1755-1536-4-12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFibrotic lung diseasePulmonary fibrosisLung diseaseApoptotic cell death responseCell death responseCollagen productionTGF-β1Connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung diseaseInhibition of apoptosisDeath responseCaspase activationIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisCaspase inhibitorsInterstitial lung diseaseMonocyte-derived cellsHealthy normal controlsHuman transforming growth factorTransforming Growth FactorCaspase blockadeCell surface phenotypeGrowth factor-β1Cultured cellsLevel of apoptosisLung fibrosisApoptosis