Loss of Twist1 in the Mesenchymal Compartment Promotes Increased Fibrosis in Experimental Lung Injury by Enhanced Expression of CXCL12
Tan J, Tedrow JR, Nouraie M, Dutta JA, Miller DT, Li X, Yu S, Chu Y, Juan-Guardela B, Kaminski N, Ramani K, Biswas PS, Zhang Y, Kass DJ. Loss of Twist1 in the Mesenchymal Compartment Promotes Increased Fibrosis in Experimental Lung Injury by Enhanced Expression of CXCL12. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 198: 2269-2285. PMID: 28179498, PMCID: PMC5337810, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisIPF patientsLung injuryPulmonary fibrosisT cellsFibrotic lung injuryIPF lung fibroblastsExperimental lung injuryT-cell pathwayApoptosis-resistant fibroblastsMatrix-producing cellsChemoattractant CXCL12Exaggerated fibrosisIPF phenotypeCollagen-producing cellsTranscription factor Twist1Prosurvival phenotypeFibrosisTwist1 expressionIncreased expressionLung fibroblastsCXCL12Low expressionHigh expressionCell pathways