2013
miR-199a-5p Is Upregulated during Fibrogenic Response to Tissue Injury and Mediates TGFbeta-Induced Lung Fibroblast Activation by Targeting Caveolin-1
Cardenas C, Henaoui IS, Courcot E, Roderburg C, Cauffiez C, Aubert S, Copin MC, Wallaert B, Glowacki F, Dewaeles E, Milosevic J, Maurizio J, Tedrow J, Marcet B, Lo-Guidice JM, Kaminski N, Barbry P, Luedde T, Perrais M, Mari B, Pottier N. miR-199a-5p Is Upregulated during Fibrogenic Response to Tissue Injury and Mediates TGFbeta-Induced Lung Fibroblast Activation by Targeting Caveolin-1. PLOS Genetics 2013, 9: e1003291. PMID: 23459460, PMCID: PMC3573122, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic formMiR-199aIPF patientsMouse modelUnilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) mouse modelLung fibroblastsFibrotic lung diseaseLung fibroblast activationBile duct ligationPoor response ratesNew therapeutic strategiesCultured lung fibroblastsDifferent mouse strainsKey cell typesPulmonary expressionHistologic featuresPulmonary fibrosisFibroblastic fociLung diseaseLung fibrosisCurrent therapiesFibrogenic responseKidney fibrosisLiver fibrosisBleomycin exposure
2003
Mesenchymal stem cell engraftment in lung is enhanced in response to bleomycin exposure and ameliorates its fibrotic effects
Ortiz LA, Gambelli F, McBride C, Gaupp D, Baddoo M, Kaminski N, Phinney DG. Mesenchymal stem cell engraftment in lung is enhanced in response to bleomycin exposure and ameliorates its fibrotic effects. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 8407-8411. PMID: 12815096, PMCID: PMC166242, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1432929100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBleomycinBone Marrow TransplantationCollagenDrug ResistanceEnzyme InductionFemaleFibrosisGene Expression RegulationGraft SurvivalHydroxyprolineIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceLungMaleMatrix MetalloproteinasesMesodermMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLOsteopontinPolymerase Chain ReactionPulmonary FibrosisRNA, MessengerSialoglycoproteinsStem Cell TransplantationTransplantation, HeterotopicConceptsLung tissueMesenchymal stem cellsCollagen depositionResistant BALB/c miceMesenchymal stem cell engraftmentBALB/c miceTotal lung DNAControl-treated miceDonor-derived cellsWhole lung tissueStem cell engraftmentType II epithelial cellsTransplant recipientsC57BL/6 recipientsMSC administrationEpithelium-like morphologyFibrotic effectsIntracranial transplantationMSC transplantationC miceBleomycin exposureLung DNAMurine bone marrowReal-time PCRBone marrow