Inflammation and fibrosis

M Mack - Matrix Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Tissue damage and inflammation are important triggers for regeneration and fibrosis. Tissue
damage not only induces inflammation in general, it also determines the type and …

Obesity promotes resistance to anti-VEGF therapy in breast cancer by up-regulating IL-6 and potentially FGF-2

J Incio, JA Ligibel, DT McManus, P Suboj… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy has failed to improve survival in
patients with breast cancer (BC). Potential mechanisms of resistance to anti-VEGF therapy …

Polysaccharide from Ephedra sinica Stapf inhibits inflammation expression by regulating Factor-β1/Smad2 signaling

S Liang, X Meng, Z Wang, J Liu, H Kuang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mahuang, a famous traditional Chinese medicine, is widely used for the treatment of
common cold and inflammatory diseases in China. We investigated the protective effects of …

Role of STAT3 in skin fibrosis and transforming growth factor beta signalling

M Pedroza, S To, S Assassi, M Wu, D Tweardy… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective SSc is an autoimmune disease characterized by progressive fibrosis of the skin
and internal organs. IL-6 and related cytokines that signal through STAT3 have been …

Interleukin-6 plays a crucial role in the development of subretinal fibrosis in a mouse model

K Sato, A Takeda, E Hasegawa, YJ Jo… - Immunological …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Subretinal fibrosis has been recognized as a feature of an advanced stage of exudative age-
related macular degeneration (AMD) that leads to irreversible loss of vision. This study was …

Switching-off Adora2b in vascular smooth muscle cells halts the development of pulmonary hypertension

TCJ Mertens, A Hanmandlu, L Tu, C Phan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a devastating and progressive disease
characterized by excessive proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) …

Low‐dose administration of bleomycin leads to early alterations in lung mechanics

L Headley, W Bi, C Wilson, SD Collum… - Experimental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
New Findings What is the central question of this study? When do alterations in pulmonary
mechanics occur following chronic low‐dose administration of bleomycin? What is the main …

The Antifibrotic Effect of A2B Adenosine Receptor Antagonism in a Mouse Model of Dermal Fibrosis

H Karmouty‐Quintana, JG Molina… - Arthritis & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SS c; scleroderma) is a chronic disease that affects the skin
and various internal organs. Dermal fibrosis is a major component of this disease. The …

Changes in gene expression in lungs of mice exposed to traffic-related air pollution

J Yang, Y Chen, Z Yu, H Ding, Z Ma - Molecular and cellular probes, 2018 - Elsevier
Long-term exposure to traffic-related pollutants can lead to a variety of respiratory diseases,
including inflammation, asthma, and lung cancer; however, the underlying biological …

Antibodies

G Craggs, KJM Hervé, D Marshall - US Patent 9,908,939, 2018 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to an anti-CSF-1R antibody and binding fragments thereof,
DNA encoding the same, host cells comprising said DNA and methods of expressing the …