2019
Role of dual-specificity protein phosphatase DUSP10/MKP-5 in pulmonary fibrosis
Xylourgidis N, Min K, Ahangari F, Yu G, Herazo-Maya JD, Karampitsakos T, Aidinis V, Binzenhöfer L, Bouros D, Bennett AM, Kaminski N, Tzouvelekis A. Role of dual-specificity protein phosphatase DUSP10/MKP-5 in pulmonary fibrosis. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2019, 317: l678-l689. PMID: 31483681, PMCID: PMC6879900, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00264.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticBleomycinDual-Specificity PhosphatasesFemaleFibroblastsHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase PhosphatasesPhosphorylationPulmonary FibrosisSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor beta1ConceptsPulmonary fibrosisLung fibrosisFibrogenic genesLung fibroblastsM1 macrophage phenotypeIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisHuman lung fibrosisGrowth factor-β1Levels of hydroxyprolineProtein kinase phosphatase 5IPF lungsReduced fibrosisMuscle fibrosisProfibrogenic effectsTGF-β1Smad7 levelsTherapeutic targetAnimal modelsFactor-β1FibrosisSmad3 phosphorylationEnhanced p38 MAPK activityP38 MAPK activityMyofibroblast differentiationMKP-5 expression
2008
Carbon Monoxide Modulates α–Smooth Muscle Actin and Small Proline Rich-1a Expression in Fibrosis
Zheng L, Zhou Z, Lin L, Alber S, Watkins S, Kaminski N, Choi AM, Morse D. Carbon Monoxide Modulates α–Smooth Muscle Actin and Small Proline Rich-1a Expression in Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2008, 41: 85-92. PMID: 19097987, PMCID: PMC2701963, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2007-0401oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAdministration, InhalationAnimalsBleomycinBone DevelopmentCarbon MonoxideCell DeathCell MovementCells, CulturedCornified Envelope Proline-Rich ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesFibroblastsGene Expression ProfilingLungMaleMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMuscle DevelopmentOrganometallic CompoundsPulmonary FibrosisTime FactorsTransforming Growth Factor beta1UbiquitinationConceptsExtracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathwayCategories of genesSignal-regulated kinase pathwayNovel transcriptional targetMuscular system developmentGene expression profilingMurine bleomycin modelStress-inducible enzymeTranscriptional targetsAlpha-smooth muscle actin expressionExpression profilingKinase pathwayMuscle actin expressionΑ-smooth muscle actinEffects of COActin expressionGrowth factorHeme oxygenaseExpressionMuscle actinActive moleculesGenesOxygenaseProteinActin