2014
Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis
Zhou Y, Peng H, Sun H, Peng X, Tang C, Gan Y, Chen X, Mathur A, Hu B, Slade MD, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Homer RJ, White ES, Lee CM, Moore MW, Gulati M, Lee CG, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 240ra76. PMID: 24920662, PMCID: PMC4340473, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisCHI3L1 levelsChitinase 3Lungs of patientsAlternative macrophage activationLevel of apoptosisAcute exacerbationFibroproliferative repairLung transplantationDisease exacerbationInjury phaseAmbulatory patientsEpithelial injuryPulmonary fibrosisIPF populationLung fibrosisMacrophage accumulationCHI3L1 expressionFibrotic phaseDisease progressionProfibrotic roleFibroproliferative responseMacrophage activationMyofibroblast transformationProtective role
2011
RIG-like Helicase Innate Immunity Inhibits Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Tissue Responses via a Type I IFN–dependent Mechanism
Ma B, Dela Cruz CS, Hartl D, Kang MJ, Takyar S, Homer RJ, Lee CG, Elias JA. RIG-like Helicase Innate Immunity Inhibits Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Tissue Responses via a Type I IFN–dependent Mechanism. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2011, 183: 1322-1335. PMID: 21278304, PMCID: PMC3114061, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201008-1276oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDEAD Box Protein 58DEAD-box RNA HelicasesDisease Models, AnimalEdemaFocal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine KinasesImmunity, InnateInflammationInterferon Type IMiceMice, TransgenicMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasePoly I-CPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveToll-Like Receptor 3Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor AConceptsVascular endothelial growth factorType 2 inflammationChronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationsObstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseViral pathogen-associated molecular patternsEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseRIG-like helicasePulmonary disease exacerbationsObstructive pulmonary diseasePathogenesis of asthmaRespiratory syncytial virusNormal pulmonary physiologyNitric oxide synthaseAntiviral innate immunityPathogen-associated molecular patternsReceptor-dependent pathwayTissue responseEndothelial growth factorVEGF receptor 1Ability of VEGFDisease exacerbationPulmonary diseaseRespiratory virusesControl mice