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Thyroid hormone inhibits lung fibrosis in mice by improving epithelial mitochondrial function
Yu G, Tzouvelekis A, Wang R, Herazo-Maya JD, Ibarra GH, Srivastava A, de Castro JPW, DeIuliis G, Ahangari F, Woolard T, Aurelien N, Arrojo e Drigo R, Gan Y, Graham M, Liu X, Homer RJ, Scanlan TS, Mannam P, Lee PJ, Herzog EL, Bianco AC, Kaminski N. Thyroid hormone inhibits lung fibrosis in mice by improving epithelial mitochondrial function. Nature Medicine 2017, 24: 39-49. PMID: 29200204, PMCID: PMC5760280, DOI: 10.1038/nm.4447.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
An airway epithelial iNOS–DUOX2–thyroid peroxidase metabolome drives Th1/Th2 nitrative stress in human severe asthma
Voraphani N, Gladwin MT, Contreras AU, Kaminski N, Tedrow JR, Milosevic J, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, Ray A, Ray P, Erzurum SC, Busse WW, Zhao J, Trudeau JB, Wenzel SE. An airway epithelial iNOS–DUOX2–thyroid peroxidase metabolome drives Th1/Th2 nitrative stress in human severe asthma. Mucosal Immunology 2014, 7: 1175-1185. PMID: 24518246, PMCID: PMC4130801, DOI: 10.1038/mi.2014.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInducible nitric oxide synthaseHuman airway epithelial cellsDual oxidase 2Severe asthmaNitrative stressThyroid peroxidaseIL-13Ex vivoSevere refractory asthmaNitric oxide synthaseTh2 cytokine expressionAirway epithelial cellsRefractory asthmaLower interleukinHigher interferonCytokine expressionOxide synthaseOxidase 2AsthmaIFNEpithelial cellsEpithelial cell systemSuperoxide dismutaseRNA knockdownEndogenous peroxidase