2012
Semaphorin 7a+ Regulatory T Cells Are Associated with Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Are Implicated in Transforming Growth Factor-β1–induced Pulmonary Fibrosis
Reilkoff RA, Peng H, Murray LA, Peng X, Russell T, Montgomery R, Feghali-Bostwick C, Shaw A, Homer RJ, Gulati M, Mathur A, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Semaphorin 7a+ Regulatory T Cells Are Associated with Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Are Implicated in Transforming Growth Factor-β1–induced Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2012, 187: 180-188. PMID: 23220917, PMCID: PMC3570653, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201206-1109oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisRegulatory T cellsProgressive idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisSEMA 7ATGF-β1Pulmonary fibrosisLung fibrosisT cellsMurine lungIL-10Bone marrow-derived cellsAdoptive transfer approachT-cell mediatorsMarrow-derived cellsTransforming Growth Factor-β1Murine lung fibrosisGrowth factor-β1Lung CD4Adoptive transferIL-17AIL-4Disease progressionSemaphorin 7ACD4Mouse model
2002
Interleukin-13 Mediates a Fundamental Pathway for Airway Epithelial Mucus Induced by CD4 T Cells and Interleukin-9
Whittaker L, Niu N, Temann U, Stoddard A, Flavell RA, Ray A, Homer RJ, Cohn L. Interleukin-13 Mediates a Fundamental Pathway for Airway Epithelial Mucus Induced by CD4 T Cells and Interleukin-9. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2002, 27: 593-602. PMID: 12397019, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.4838.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedGene Expression RegulationInterferon-gammaInterleukin-13Interleukin-9LungMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Mutant StrainsMice, TransgenicMucin 5ACMucinsNF-kappa BReceptors, InterferonReceptors, Interleukin-4Recombinant ProteinsRespiratory MucosaSignal TransductionTh2 CellsConceptsIL-13Th2 cellsTh2-induced airway inflammationEpithelial mucusCD4 Th cellsCD4 T cellsAbsence of interleukinIL-13 actsNuclear factor-kappaBAsthma resultsTh2 effectsAirway inflammationMucus hyperproductionNegative infectionsTh cytokinesInflammatory cellsRecipient miceTh cellsIL-4IL-5Respiratory tractAirway epitheliumIL-9T cellsComplete blockade
1993
T cell unresponsiveness correlates with quantitative TCR levels in a transgenic model
Homer R, Mamalaki C, Kioussis D, Flavell R. T cell unresponsiveness correlates with quantitative TCR levels in a transgenic model. International Immunology 1993, 5: 1495-1500. PMID: 7906139, DOI: 10.1093/intimm/5.12.1495.Peer-Reviewed Original Research