2020
Bioactive Plasma Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With Disease Progression in Scleroderma‐Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Ryu C, Walia A, Ortiz V, Perry C, Woo S, Reeves BC, Sun H, Winkler J, Kanyo JE, Wang W, Vukmirovic M, Ristic N, Stratton EA, Meena SR, Minasyan M, Kurbanov D, Liu X, Lam TT, Farina G, Gomez JL, Gulati M, Herzog EL. Bioactive Plasma Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With Disease Progression in Scleroderma‐Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis & Rheumatology 2020, 72: 1905-1915. PMID: 32602227, PMCID: PMC8081728, DOI: 10.1002/art.41418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCGAS/STING activationExtracellular vesiclesMitochondrial DNAPattern recognition receptorsCyclic GMP-AMP synthase/stimulatorHuman lung fibroblastsSSc-ILD cohortsInterstitial lung diseaseMT-ATP6 geneΑ-SMA expressionI interferonSSc-ILDScleroderma-Associated Interstitial Lung DiseaseSynthetic CpG DNATLR-9Clinical outcomesLung diseaseSTING activationInterleukin-6Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based methodProteomic profilesMulticellular originSystemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung diseaseImmune pattern recognition receptorsExtracellular mtDNA
2015
MKK3 deletion improves mitochondrial quality
Srivastava A, McGinniss J, Wong Y, Shinn AS, Lam TT, Lee PJ, Mannam P. MKK3 deletion improves mitochondrial quality. Free Radical Biology And Medicine 2015, 87: 373-384. PMID: 26119780, DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.06.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLPS treatmentMitochondrial membrane potentialIntensive care unitInflammatory cytokine releaseMAP kinase kinase 3Potential therapeutic targetBetter mitochondrial functionMitochondrial functionMitochondrial qualityMouse embryonic fibroblastsCare unitExcessive inflammationCytokine releaseInhibition of mitophagyInflammatory diseasesCytokine secretionInflammatory responseTherapeutic targetLipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulationSeptic injuryRole of mitophagyMajor causeOxidant productionSevere responseSepsis