2010
Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with interstitial lung disease show an enhanced profibrotic phenotype
Mathai SK, Gulati M, Peng X, Russell TR, Shaw AC, Rubinowitz AN, Murray LA, Siner JM, Antin-Ozerkis DE, Montgomery RR, Reilkoff RA, Bucala RJ, Herzog EL. Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with interstitial lung disease show an enhanced profibrotic phenotype. Laboratory Investigation 2010, 90: 812-823. PMID: 20404807, PMCID: PMC3682419, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2010.73.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterstitial lung diseaseSSc-ILD patientsSSc-ILDIL-10Normal controlsProfibrotic cellsSystemic sclerosisLung diseaseCollagen-producing cellsMCP-1Profibrotic phenotypeSSc-related interstitial lung diseaseFlow cytometryPeripheral blood profilesSSc-ILD cohortsIL-10 secretionSystemic sclerosis patientsExpression of CD163Blood of patientsHealthy aged controlsCultured CD14Profibrotic characteristicsProfibrotic mediatorsTNF levelsSclerosis patients
2004
Lack of a Fusion Requirement for Development of Bone Marrow-Derived Epithelia
Harris RG, Herzog EL, Bruscia EM, Grove JE, Van Arnam JS, Krause DS. Lack of a Fusion Requirement for Development of Bone Marrow-Derived Epithelia. Science 2004, 305: 90-93. PMID: 15232107, DOI: 10.1126/science.1098925.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBeta-GalactosidaseBone Marrow CellsBone Marrow TransplantationCell DifferentiationCell FusionCobra Cardiotoxin ProteinsElapid VenomsEpithelial CellsFemaleGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHepatocytesKeratinocytesKeratinsLuminescent ProteinsMaleMiceMice, TransgenicMuscle CellsRadiation, IonizingRecombinasesRecombination, GeneticReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionStem CellsX ChromosomeY ChromosomeConceptsCell-cell fusionBone marrow-derived cellsCre/lox systemGreen fluorescent protein expressionFluorescent protein expressionEpithelial cellsDevelopmental plasticityLox systemCell fusionProtein expressionMarrow-derived cellsTransgenic miceCellsBone marrowFusionFusion requirementsPlasticityExpression