2008
Enhanced Innate Immune Responsiveness to Pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Is Associated with Resistance to Progressive Infection▿ †
Guillot L, Carroll SF, Homer R, Qureshi ST. Enhanced Innate Immune Responsiveness to Pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Is Associated with Resistance to Progressive Infection▿ †. Infection And Immunity 2008, 76: 4745-4756. PMID: 18678664, PMCID: PMC2546841, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00341-08.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSJL/J miceKC/CXCL1Cryptococcus neoformans infectionC. neoformans infectionKeratinocyte-derived chemokineNeoformans infectionJ miceInnate immune responseTNF-alphaProgressive infectionImmune responseResistant SJL/J miceMIP-2/CXCL2Pulmonary C. neoformans infectionPulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infectionPulmonary innate immune responseSJL/J macrophagesC. neoformansInflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alphaEnhanced innate immune responseMIP-1alpha/CCL3IL-12/ILMCP-1/CCL2Cytokine tumor necrosis factor alphaTumor necrosis factor alpha
2007
Semaphorin 7A plays a critical role in TGF-β1–induced pulmonary fibrosis
Kang HR, Lee CG, Homer RJ, Elias JA. Semaphorin 7A plays a critical role in TGF-β1–induced pulmonary fibrosis. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2007, 204: 1083-1093. PMID: 17485510, PMCID: PMC2118575, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20061273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAntigens, CDApoptosisCollagenDNA DamageImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryIn Situ HybridizationIn Situ Nick-End LabelingIntegrin beta1MiceMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPulmonary AlveoliPulmonary FibrosisReceptors, Cell SurfaceReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSemaphorinsTransforming Growth Factor beta1ConceptsProtein kinase BSEMA 7APKB/Akt inhibitionAkt-dependent pathwayCritical roleSemaphorin 7ACCN proteinsFibroblast growth factor-2Kinase BCritical regulatorApoptosis regulatorMatrix proteinsGrowth factor 2Akt inhibitionBeta1 integrinReceptor componentsTissue remodelingFactor 2Fibrotic stimuliSmad 2/3Myofibroblast hyperplasiaGrowth factorRegulatorCentral roleProtein