2018
Surfactant protein C dampens inflammation by decreasing JAK/STAT activation during lung repair
Jin H, Ciechanowicz AK, Kaplan AR, Wang L, Zhang P, Lu YC, Tobin RE, Tobin BA, Cohn L, Zeiss CJ, Lee PJ, Bruscia EM, Krause DS. Surfactant protein C dampens inflammation by decreasing JAK/STAT activation during lung repair. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2018, 314: l882-l892. PMID: 29345196, PMCID: PMC6008135, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00418.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute respiratory distress syndromeKO miceSurfactant protein CClinical acute respiratory distress syndromeProtein CAlveolar type 2 cellsAnti-inflammatory mediatorsRespiratory distress syndromeBronchoalveolar lavage fluidAnti-inflammatory moleculesPhosphorylated signal transductionType 2 cellsSPC expressionInducible suicide geneJanus kinaseLevels of suppressorDistress syndromeBAL fluidGranulocyte infiltrationJAK1/2 inhibitorLavage fluidProinflammatory phenotypeInflammatory cytokinesSevere inflammationInjury model
2017
Ezrin links CFTR to TLR4 signaling to orchestrate anti-bacterial immune response in macrophages
Di Pietro C, Zhang PX, O’Rourke T, Murray TS, Wang L, Britto CJ, Koff JL, Krause DS, Egan ME, Bruscia EM. Ezrin links CFTR to TLR4 signaling to orchestrate anti-bacterial immune response in macrophages. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 10882. PMID: 28883468, PMCID: PMC5589856, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11012-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineCystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorCytoskeletal ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesMicePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsSignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 4ConceptsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorPI3K/AktFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorTransmembrane conductance regulatorPI3K/Akt signalingConductance regulatorAnti-bacterial immune responseAkt signalingAltered localizationEzrinCystic fibrosis diseaseMφ activationAktProtein levelsFibrosis diseaseActivationImmune regulationPhagocytosisInductionDirect linkSignalingRegulatorImmune responseMΦMacrophages