2010
Inhibition of pulmonary fibrosis in mice by CXCL10 requires glycosaminoglycan binding and syndecan-4
Jiang D, Liang J, Campanella GS, Guo R, Yu S, Xie T, Liu N, Jung Y, Homer R, Meltzer EB, Li Y, Tager AM, Goetinck PF, Luster AD, Noble PW. Inhibition of pulmonary fibrosis in mice by CXCL10 requires glycosaminoglycan binding and syndecan-4. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2010, 120: 2049-2057. PMID: 20484822, PMCID: PMC2877927, DOI: 10.1172/jci38644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary fibrosisCXCL10 proteinAcute lung injuryExcess extracellular matrix productionLung fibroblast migrationSyndecan-4Myofibroblast recruitmentLung injuryLung functionSubsequent fibrosisNeutrophil recruitmentInterstitial fibrosisWT miceIntratracheal instillationSyndecan-4 expressionNovel therapiesMigration of fibroblastsFibrosisBleomycin treatmentCXCL10Fibroblast recruitmentExtracellular matrix productionHeparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-4Interstitial compartmentMice
1998
Targeted lung expression of interleukin-11 enhances murine tolerance of 100% oxygen and diminishes hyperoxia-induced DNA fragmentation.
Waxman AB, Einarsson O, Seres T, Knickelbein RG, Warshaw JB, Johnston R, Homer RJ, Elias JA. Targeted lung expression of interleukin-11 enhances murine tolerance of 100% oxygen and diminishes hyperoxia-induced DNA fragmentation. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1998, 101: 1970-1982. PMID: 9576762, PMCID: PMC508784, DOI: 10.1172/jci1337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-11Lung injuryTransgene (-) animalsIL-1Alveolar-capillary protein leakPulmonary neutrophil recruitmentAcute lung injuryHyperoxic gas mixtureDNA fragmentationLevels of totalMurine toleranceLung expressionNeutrophil recruitmentProtein leakTNF productionLung antioxidantsTransgenic miceCopper-zinc superoxide dismutaseZinc superoxide dismutaseHyperoxiaGlutathione peroxidaseLipid peroxidationInjuryOxygen toxicityDismutase activity