Redox signaling pathways in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO)-induced renal fibrosis

AK Aranda-Rivera, A Cruz-Gregorio… - Free Radical Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
inhibition of bromodomain-containing protein 4 (Brd4) in UUO, a protein that upregulates the
transcriptional activity of NOX4… , SOD 1, and 2 expressions, with attenuation of H 2 O 2 and …

[HTML][HTML] Brd4-p300 inhibition downregulates Nox4 and accelerates lung fibrosis resolution in aged mice

YY Sanders, X Lyv, QJ Zhou, Z Xiang, D Stanford… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… First, we investigated whether Brd4 regulates Nox4 gene expression. Primary IPF lung …
We demonstrate that Brd4 inhibition partially blocks p300 recruitment/stabilization, and its …

[HTML][HTML] BRD4 blockage alleviates pathological cardiac hypertrophy through the suppression of fibrosis and inflammation via reducing ROS generation

W Zhu, RD Wu, YG Lv, YM Liu, H Huang… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
… lung fibrosis through transcriptional elongation [13]. Also, BRD4 inhibition attenuates
cardiomyocyte … BRD4 modulated Nox4 expression to block TGF-β1-induced oxidative stress and …

The PAR-1 antagonist vorapaxar ameliorates kidney injury and tubulointerstitial fibrosis

SWY Lok, WH Yiu, H Li, R Xue, Y Zou, B Li… - Clinical …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
… pharmacological inhibition of PAR-1 by vorapaxar attenuatedExpression of Nox4 is up-regulated
in UUO-induced fibrotic … its inhibition by vorapaxar inhibited TGF-β-mediated ECM …

Protective Effects of Carnosol on Renal Interstitial Fibrosis in a Murine Model of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction

JH Park, J Leem, SJ Lee - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
… can attenuate renal injury and fibrosis in the UUO model. … fibrosis in the UUO model [67,68].
In this study, we observed that CS treatment reduced NOX4 mRNA and protein expression in …

Redox signaling in aging kidney and opportunity for therapeutic intervention through natural products

YY Chen, XY Yu, L Chen, ND Vaziri, SC Ma… - Free Radical Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
NOX4 expression by carnosic acid treatment has been proved to protect against unilateral
ureteral obstruction-induced renal fibrosis… [60] could attenuate the progression of fibrogenesis. …

[HTML][HTML] Methylation of BRD4 by PRMT1 regulates BRD4 phosphorylation and promotes ovarian cancer invasion

Y Liu, H Liu, M Ye, M Jiang, X Chen, G Song, H Ji… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Inhibition of BRD4 attenuated renal fibrosis by blocking TGF-β-mediated Nox4 expression
[… Another study showed that suppression of BRD4 by JQ1 robustly blocked TGFBR2 level in …

Inhibition of BRD4 attenuates transverse aortic constriction-and TGF-β-induced endothelial-mesenchymal transition and cardiac fibrosis

S Song, L Liu, Y Yu, R Zhang, Y Li, W Cao… - Journal of molecular and …, 2019 - Elsevier
… in CF and that BRD4 inhibitors can block the EndMT process… sh-BRD4 mimicked the effects
of JQ1 on the TGF-β-mediated … , we used BRD4 inhibitor JQ1 to examine the expression of …

The therapeutic potential of BRD4 in cardiovascular disease

S Lin, L Du - Hypertension Research, 2020 - nature.com
… the Nox4 promoter in a BRD4-dependent manner and increasing … by which BRD4 inhibition
blocks TGF-β-mediated EndMT is by … In addition to attenuating EndMT, BRD4 inhibition also …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacologic targeting of BET proteins attenuates hyperuricemic nephropathy in rats

C Xiong, J Deng, X Wang, X Shao, Q Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… microalbumin, and attenuated renal fibrosis as indicated by … , we examined the expression
of Brd2, Brd3 and Brd4 in the … to block NF-κB activation via disrupting the interaction of Brd4