Reducing protein oxidation reverses lung fibrosis
Anathy V, Lahue KG, Chapman DG, Chia SB, Casey DT, Aboushousha R, van der Velden JLJ, Elko E, Hoffman SM, McMillan DH, Jones JT, Nolin JD, Abdalla S, Schneider R, Seward DJ, Roberson EC, Liptak MD, Cousins ME, Butnor KJ, Taatjes DJ, Budd RC, Irvin CG, Ho YS, Hakem R, Brown KK, Matsui R, Bachschmid MM, Gomez JL, Kaminski N, van der Vliet A, Janssen-Heininger YMW. Reducing protein oxidation reverses lung fibrosis. Nature Medicine 2018, 24: 1128-1135. PMID: 29988126, PMCID: PMC6204256, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-018-0090-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisLung fibrosisDirect administrationAirways of miceGrowth factor beta 1Transgenic mouse modelFibrotic lungsLung tissueMouse modelAged animalsFibrosisLung epitheliumTherapeutic potentialExcessive depositionBeta 1Transgenic overexpressionOxidative stressExact mechanismAirwayGlrxLungMiceAdministrationOxidative mechanismsTime for a change: is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis still idiopathic and only fibrotic?
Wolters PJ, Blackwell TS, Eickelberg O, Loyd JE, Kaminski N, Jenkins G, Maher TM, Molina-Molina M, Noble PW, Raghu G, Richeldi L, Schwarz MI, Selman M, Wuyts WA, Schwartz DA. Time for a change: is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis still idiopathic and only fibrotic? The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2018, 6: 154-160. PMID: 29413083, PMCID: PMC5903445, DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(18)30007-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisDevelopment of IPFFatal lung diseaseAlveolar epithelial cellsClinical presentationDistal airwaysLung diseaseFibroblast fociSubpleural fibrosisMicroscopic honeycombingPathogenic mechanismsFibrosisDiseaseEpithelial cellsMolecular mechanismsAirwayPathogenesisHoneycombingCentral driver