2016
Deletion of mTORC1 Activity in CD4+ T Cells Is Associated with Lung Fibrosis and Increased γδ T Cells
Vigeland C, Collins S, Chan-Li Y, Hughes A, Oh M, Powell J, Horton M. Deletion of mTORC1 Activity in CD4+ T Cells Is Associated with Lung Fibrosis and Increased γδ T Cells. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0163288. PMID: 27649073, PMCID: PMC5029914, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBleomycinCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesDisease Models, AnimalInterleukin-17MacrophagesMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceMice, KnockoutMultiprotein ComplexesNeutrophilsPulmonary FibrosisReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaSignal TransductionT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesConceptsΓδ T cellsTh17 cellsDevelopment of fibrosisT cellsPulmonary fibrosisIL-17AChronic inflammationCytokines IL-17ADevelopment of bleomycinNovel therapeutic targetLung dysfunctionLung neutrophilsProgressive fibrosisLung fibrosisM2 macrophagesTherapeutic targetFibrosisIncurable diseaseInflammationMortalityBleomycinCellsILCritical rolePrior studies
2008
Transgenic Expression of Interleukin-13 in the Skin Induces a Pruritic Dermatitis and Skin Remodeling
Zheng T, Oh MH, Oh SY, Schroeder JT, Glick AB, Zhu Z. Transgenic Expression of Interleukin-13 in the Skin Induces a Pruritic Dermatitis and Skin Remodeling. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2008, 129: 742-751. PMID: 18830273, PMCID: PMC4356214, DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesDermatitisFibrosisImmune SystemInflammationInterleukin-13Leukocytes, MononuclearMast CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhenotypePruritusSkinTransgenesConceptsAtopic dermatitisIL-13Transgenic modelElevated serum total IgEPathogenesis of ADPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsPruritic eczematous lesionsSerum total IgEThymic stromal lymphopoietinSystemic immune responsesUpregulation of chemokinesBlood mononuclear cellsKeratin 5 promoterChronic inflammatory phenotypeEczematous lesionsInducible transgenic modelDermal infiltrationTotal IgEAllergic diseasesClinical manifestationsDermal inflammationInflammatory phenotypeMononuclear cellsIL-4Langerhans cells