2015
Suppression of NLRX1 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Kang MJ, Yoon CM, Kim BH, Lee CM, Zhou Y, Sauler M, Homer R, Dhamija A, Boffa D, West AP, Shadel GS, Ting JP, Tedrow JR, Kaminski N, Kim WJ, Lee CG, Oh YM, Elias JA. Suppression of NLRX1 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2015, 125: 2458-2462. PMID: 25938787, PMCID: PMC4497738, DOI: 10.1172/jci71747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseCigarette smokeAlveolar destructionPulmonary diseaseHuman chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseExpression of NLRX1Innate immune pathwaysInnate immune responseQuality of lifeCOPD patientsPulmonary functionSubsequent inflammationImmune responseInflammasome activationMurine modelIndependent cohortImmune pathwaysInflammationDisease severityInflammasome responseImportant mediatorCell apoptosisNLRX1Tissue effects
2011
RIG-like Helicase Innate Immunity Inhibits Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Tissue Responses via a Type I IFN–dependent Mechanism
Ma B, Dela Cruz CS, Hartl D, Kang MJ, Takyar S, Homer RJ, Lee CG, Elias JA. RIG-like Helicase Innate Immunity Inhibits Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Tissue Responses via a Type I IFN–dependent Mechanism. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2011, 183: 1322-1335. PMID: 21278304, PMCID: PMC3114061, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201008-1276oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDEAD Box Protein 58DEAD-box RNA HelicasesDisease Models, AnimalEdemaFocal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine KinasesImmunity, InnateInflammationInterferon Type IMiceMice, TransgenicMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasePoly I-CPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveToll-Like Receptor 3Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor AConceptsVascular endothelial growth factorType 2 inflammationChronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationsObstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseViral pathogen-associated molecular patternsEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseRIG-like helicasePulmonary disease exacerbationsObstructive pulmonary diseasePathogenesis of asthmaRespiratory syncytial virusNormal pulmonary physiologyNitric oxide synthaseAntiviral innate immunityPathogen-associated molecular patternsReceptor-dependent pathwayTissue responseEndothelial growth factorVEGF receptor 1Ability of VEGFDisease exacerbationPulmonary diseaseRespiratory virusesControl mice