Semaphorin 7a+ Regulatory T Cells Are Associated with Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Are Implicated in Transforming Growth Factor-β1–induced Pulmonary Fibrosis
Reilkoff RA, Peng H, Murray LA, Peng X, Russell T, Montgomery R, Feghali-Bostwick C, Shaw A, Homer RJ, Gulati M, Mathur A, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Semaphorin 7a+ Regulatory T Cells Are Associated with Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Are Implicated in Transforming Growth Factor-β1–induced Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2012, 187: 180-188. PMID: 23220917, PMCID: PMC3570653, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201206-1109oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisRegulatory T cellsProgressive idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisSEMA 7ATGF-β1Pulmonary fibrosisLung fibrosisT cellsMurine lungIL-10Bone marrow-derived cellsAdoptive transfer approachT-cell mediatorsMarrow-derived cellsTransforming Growth Factor-β1Murine lung fibrosisGrowth factor-β1Lung CD4Adoptive transferIL-17AIL-4Disease progressionSemaphorin 7ACD4Mouse model