2024
MAP kinase phosphatase-1 inhibition of p38α within lung myofibroblasts is essential for spontaneous fibrosis resolution
Fortier S, Walker N, Penke L, Baas J, Shen Q, Speth J, Huang S, Zemans R, Bennett A, Peters-Golden M. MAP kinase phosphatase-1 inhibition of p38α within lung myofibroblasts is essential for spontaneous fibrosis resolution. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2024, 134: e172826. PMID: 38512415, PMCID: PMC11093610, DOI: 10.1172/jci172826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMAPK phosphatase 1Fibrosis resolutionPulmonary fibrosisSpontaneous resolutionLung fibrosisBleomycin-induced lung fibrosisLung fibroblastsProgressive pulmonary fibrosisFibroblast-specific deletionExperimental lung fibrosisCells to apoptosisLung injuryRegulation of MAPK activityApoptosis-resistant myofibroblastsTransgenic miceResident fibroblastsTissue injuryFibrosisLung myofibroblastsLoss-of-function studiesGain- and loss-of-function studiesLungVX-702MyofibroblastsMAPK activation
2019
Role of dual-specificity protein phosphatase DUSP10/MKP-5 in pulmonary fibrosis
Xylourgidis N, Min K, Ahangari F, Yu G, Herazo-Maya JD, Karampitsakos T, Aidinis V, Binzenhöfer L, Bouros D, Bennett AM, Kaminski N, Tzouvelekis A. Role of dual-specificity protein phosphatase DUSP10/MKP-5 in pulmonary fibrosis. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2019, 317: l678-l689. PMID: 31483681, PMCID: PMC6879900, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00264.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticBleomycinDual-Specificity PhosphatasesFemaleFibroblastsHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase PhosphatasesPhosphorylationPulmonary FibrosisSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor beta1ConceptsPulmonary fibrosisLung fibrosisFibrogenic genesLung fibroblastsM1 macrophage phenotypeIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisHuman lung fibrosisGrowth factor-β1Levels of hydroxyprolineProtein kinase phosphatase 5IPF lungsReduced fibrosisMuscle fibrosisProfibrogenic effectsTGF-β1Smad7 levelsTherapeutic targetAnimal modelsFactor-β1FibrosisSmad3 phosphorylationEnhanced p38 MAPK activityP38 MAPK activityMyofibroblast differentiationMKP-5 expression