Matrix metalloproteinases as therapeutic targets for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

VJ Craig, L Zhang, JS Hagood… - American journal of …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a restrictive lung disease that is associated with high
morbidity and mortality. Current medical therapies are not fully effective at limiting mortality …

International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXXIX. Update on the extended family of chemokine receptors and introducing a new nomenclature for …

F Bachelerie, A Ben-Baruch, AM Burkhardt… - Pharmacological …, 2014 - ASPET
Sixteen years ago, the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Pharmacology
approved a system for naming human seven-transmembrane (7TM) G protein-coupled …

Disrupting mechanotransduction decreases fibrosis and contracture in split-thickness skin grafting

K Chen, D Henn, M Januszyk, JA Barrera… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
Burns and other traumatic injuries represent a substantial biomedical burden. The current
standard of care for deep injuries is autologous split-thickness skin grafting (STSG), which …

CXCR3 in T cell function

JR Groom, AD Luster - Experimental cell research, 2011 - Elsevier
CXCR3 is a chemokine receptor that is highly expressed on effector T cells and plays an
important role in T cell trafficking and function. CXCR3 is rapidly induced on naïve cells …

CXCR3 ligands: redundant, collaborative and antagonistic functions

JR Groom, AD Luster - Immunology and cell biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
CXCR3 is a chemokine receptor that is rapidly induced on naïve T cells following activation,
and preferentially remains highly expressed on type‐1 helper (Th1)‐type CD4+ T cells …

[HTML][HTML] Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in pulmonary fibrosis: EMMPRIN/CD147 comes into play

L Chuliá-Peris, C Carreres-Rey, M Gabasa… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is characterized by aberrant extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition,
activation of fibroblasts to myofibroblasts and parenchymal disorganization, which have an …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary fibrosis: patterns and perpetrators

PW Noble, CE Barkauskas… - The Journal of clinical …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Pulmonary fibrosis occurs in a variety of clinical settings, constitutes a major cause of
morbidity and mortality, and represents an enormous unmet medical need. However, the …

The bleomycin animal model: a useful tool to investigate treatment options for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

A Moeller, K Ask, D Warburton, J Gauldie… - The international journal …, 2008 - Elsevier
Different animal models of pulmonary fibrosis have been developed to investigate potential
therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The most common is the bleomycin model …

The lysophosphatidic acid receptor LPA1 links pulmonary fibrosis to lung injury by mediating fibroblast recruitment and vascular leak

AM Tager, P LaCamera, BS Shea, GS Campanella… - Nature medicine, 2008 - nature.com
Aberrant wound-healing responses to injury have been implicated in the development of
pulmonary fibrosis, but the mediators directing these pathologic responses have yet to be …

The immune system and cardiac repair

NG Frangogiannis - Pharmacological research, 2008 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction is the most common cause of cardiac injury and results in acute loss of
a large number of myocardial cells. Because the heart has negligible regenerative capacity …