2014
Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis
Zhou Y, Peng H, Sun H, Peng X, Tang C, Gan Y, Chen X, Mathur A, Hu B, Slade MD, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Homer RJ, White ES, Lee CM, Moore MW, Gulati M, Lee CG, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 240ra76. PMID: 24920662, PMCID: PMC4340473, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisCHI3L1 levelsChitinase 3Lungs of patientsAlternative macrophage activationLevel of apoptosisAcute exacerbationFibroproliferative repairLung transplantationDisease exacerbationInjury phaseAmbulatory patientsEpithelial injuryPulmonary fibrosisIPF populationLung fibrosisMacrophage accumulationCHI3L1 expressionFibrotic phaseDisease progressionProfibrotic roleFibroproliferative responseMacrophage activationMyofibroblast transformationProtective role
2001
IL-4 Promotes Airway Eosinophilia by Suppressing IFN-γ Production: Defining a Novel Role for IFN-γ in the Regulation of Allergic Airway Inflammation
Cohn L, Herrick C, Niu N, Homer R, Bottomly K. IL-4 Promotes Airway Eosinophilia by Suppressing IFN-γ Production: Defining a Novel Role for IFN-γ in the Regulation of Allergic Airway Inflammation. The Journal Of Immunology 2001, 166: 2760-2767. PMID: 11160342, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2760.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, CutaneousAdministration, IntranasalAdoptive TransferAnimalsBone Marrow CellsBone Marrow TransplantationBronchiCell MovementDown-RegulationEosinophilsFemaleHematopoietic Stem CellsInflammationInterferon-gammaInterleukin-13Interleukin-4Interleukin-5MaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicOvalbuminPulmonary EosinophiliaReceptors, InterferonRespiratory HypersensitivityTh2 CellsUp-RegulationConceptsAirway eosinophiliaIL-4IFN-gammaTh2 cellsAirway eosinophilsIL-5Allergic airway inflammationIFN-γ productionTh2 cell generationAirway inflammationEosinophilic inflammationLung eosinophiliaLung parenchymalTh2 cytokinesIntranasal administrationRespiratory tractLung tissueCounterregulatory effectsEosinophiliaCell transferEosinophilsHemopoietic cellsInflammationAirwayIFN