2015
Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-19-deficient fibroblasts display a profibrotic phenotype
Jara P, Calyeca J, Romero Y, Plácido L, Yu G, Kaminski N, Maldonado V, Cisneros J, Selman M, Pardo A. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-19-deficient fibroblasts display a profibrotic phenotype. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2015, 308: l511-l522. PMID: 25575513, PMCID: PMC5243210, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00043.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisBleomycin-induced lung fibrosisLung fibroblastsLethal interstitial lung diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseExcessive extracellular matrix productionWild-type miceMatrix metalloproteinase-19Activation of fibroblastsCollagen protein productionMyofibroblastic fociPulmonary fibrosisLung fibrosisLung diseaseProfibrotic pathwaysUnknown etiologyFibroblast gene expressionDeficient miceProfibrotic phenotypeSmooth muscleMatrix metalloproteinaseMetalloproteinase 19Boyden chamberAbnormal lungMMP-19
2007
Cellular and Humoral Autoreactivity in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Feghali-Bostwick CA, Tsai CG, Valentine VG, Kantrow S, Stoner MW, Pilewski JM, Gadgil A, George MP, Gibson KF, Choi AM, Kaminski N, Zhang Y, Duncan SR. Cellular and Humoral Autoreactivity in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. The Journal Of Immunology 2007, 179: 2592-2599. PMID: 17675522, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.4.2592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisCD4 T cellsT cellsIPF patientsAutoantibody productionPulmonary fibrosisEffector functionsProliferative responseAutologous CD4 T cellsLung extractsPeripheral CD4 T lymphocytesPeripheral CD4 T cellsT cell clonal expansionAutoreactive immune processesAdaptive immune mechanismsCD4 T lymphocytesMHC class IIMore effective therapiesCell clonal expansionCycles of stimulationHumoral autoreactivityOligoclonal expansionPathologic responseIL-10Hilar lymph