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