Effect of pirfenidone on proliferation, TGF-β-induced myofibroblast differentiation and fibrogenic activity of primary human lung fibroblasts

E Conte, E Gili, E Fagone, M Fruciano… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
… targets and mechanisms of action have not been elucidated. In this study, we investigated
the effects of pirfenidone on proliferation, TGF-β-induced differentiation and fibrogenic activity …

In Vitro Effects of Pirfenidone on Cardiac Fibroblasts: Proliferation, Myofibroblast Differentiation, Migration and Cytokine Secretion

Q Shi, X Liu, Y Bai, C Cui, J Li, Y Li, S Hu, Y Wei - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
effects of pirfenidone on cardiac fibroblast behavior have not been examined. In this study,
we investigated whether pirfenidone … as proliferation, myofibroblast differentiation, migration …

Effect of Pirfenidone on TGF-β1-induced myofibroblast differentiation and extracellular matrix homeostasis of human orbital fibroblasts in graves' ophthalmopathy

SB Wu, TY Hou, HC Kau, CC Tsai - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
… TGF-β1 induced differentiation of orbital fibroblasts into myofibroblasts, which dominated …
we observed that pirfenidone reduced TGF-β1-mediated myofibroblast differentiation and ECM …

Pirfenidone inhibits myofibroblast differentiation and lung fibrosis development during insufficient mitophagy

Y Kurita, J Araya, S Minagawa, H Hara, A Ichikawa… - Respiratory …, 2017 - Springer
… Mitophagy has been implicated in myofibroblast differentiation … In this study, the effect of
PFD on autophagy/mitophagy … of myofibroblast differentiation during insufficient mitophagy. …

Interferon-γ enhances the antifibrotic effects of pirfenidone by attenuating IPF lung fibroblast activation and differentiation

TN Vu, X Chen, HD Foda, GC Smaldone… - Respiratory …, 2019 - Springer
… TGF-β1-induced differentiation of NHLFs and IPF fibroblasts into myofibroblasts. Levels of
α-SMA, a marker of fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation, were determined in NHLFs and …

Inhibitory effects of pirfenidone on fibroblast to myofibroblast transition in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease via the downregulation of activating …

C Wu, H Lin, X Zhang - International Immunopharmacology, 2019 - Elsevier
effect of PFD treatment on FMT in pHLFs induced by TGF-β1 Myofibroblast differentiation is
… The expression and organization of α-SMA is an indicator of myofibroblast differentiation. To …

[HTML][HTML] Pirfenidone reduces profibrotic responses in human dermal myofibroblasts, in vitro

CL Hall, AR Wells, KP Leung - Laboratory Investigation, 2018 - Elsevier
… In this paper, we investigated the effects of PFD on TGF-β1-stimulated dermal … myofibroblast
differentiation and blocking either one of them can prevent myofibroblast differentiation

[HTML][HTML] Pirfenidone inhibits epidural scar fibroblast proliferation and differentiation by regulating TGF-β1-induced Smad-dependent and-independent pathways

K Shi, F Wang, J Xia, B Zuo, Z Wang… - American journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… This study suggests that topical application of pirfenidone … of action may be the inhibition
of TGF-β1-induced epidural scar fibroblast proliferation and differentiation into myofibroblasts

Pirfenidone attenuates the profibrotic contractile phenotype of differentiated human dermal myofibroblasts

AR Wells, KP Leung - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
… to inhibit the initial differentiation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts in vitro and act as a …
pirfenidone affects differentiated myofibroblasts, we investigated the in vitro effects of pirfenidone

Pirfenidone and nintedanib modulate properties of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

ST Lehtonen, A Veijola, H Karvonen… - Respiratory …, 2016 - Springer
… Recently two drugs, pirfenidone and nintedanib, were approved for clinical use as they are
able … the effects of pirfenidone and nintedanib on fibroblasts and myofibroblasts structure and …