2005
Up-Regulation and Profibrotic Role of Osteopontin in Human Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pardo A, Gibson K, Cisneros J, Richards TJ, Yang Y, Becerril C, Yousem S, Herrera I, Ruiz V, Selman M, Kaminski N. Up-Regulation and Profibrotic Role of Osteopontin in Human Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. PLOS Medicine 2005, 2: e251. PMID: 16128620, PMCID: PMC1198037, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidCell MovementCell ProliferationCells, CulturedEpithelial CellsExtracellular MatrixFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansLungMaleMatrix Metalloproteinase 1Matrix Metalloproteinase 7Middle AgedMolecular Sequence DataOsteopontinPulmonary FibrosisRecombinant ProteinsSialoglycoproteinsTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1Up-RegulationConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAlveolar epithelial cellsIPF lungsMMP-7Pulmonary fibrosisEpithelial cellsHuman idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisHuman IPF lungsPrimary human lung fibroblastsMatrix metalloprotease-1 expressionMetalloprotease-1 expressionHuman lung fibroblastsIPF patientsBronchoalveolar lavageProfibrotic effectsProfibrotic roleNormal lungAlveolar epitheliumTissue inhibitorTherapeutic interventionsAnti-CD44Incurable diseaseLungMetalloprotease-1Lethal disorder
2003
Mesenchymal stem cell engraftment in lung is enhanced in response to bleomycin exposure and ameliorates its fibrotic effects
Ortiz LA, Gambelli F, McBride C, Gaupp D, Baddoo M, Kaminski N, Phinney DG. Mesenchymal stem cell engraftment in lung is enhanced in response to bleomycin exposure and ameliorates its fibrotic effects. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 8407-8411. PMID: 12815096, PMCID: PMC166242, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1432929100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBleomycinBone Marrow TransplantationCollagenDrug ResistanceEnzyme InductionFemaleFibrosisGene Expression RegulationGraft SurvivalHydroxyprolineIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceLungMaleMatrix MetalloproteinasesMesodermMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLOsteopontinPolymerase Chain ReactionPulmonary FibrosisRNA, MessengerSialoglycoproteinsStem Cell TransplantationTransplantation, HeterotopicConceptsLung tissueMesenchymal stem cellsCollagen depositionResistant BALB/c miceMesenchymal stem cell engraftmentBALB/c miceTotal lung DNAControl-treated miceDonor-derived cellsWhole lung tissueStem cell engraftmentType II epithelial cellsTransplant recipientsC57BL/6 recipientsMSC administrationEpithelium-like morphologyFibrotic effectsIntracranial transplantationMSC transplantationC miceBleomycin exposureLung DNAMurine bone marrowReal-time PCRBone marrow