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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2010

Bleomycin and IL-1beta-mediated pulmonary fibrosis is IL-17A dependent.

Mark S Wilson, Satish K Madala, Thirumalai R Ramalingam, Bernadette R Gochuico, Ivan O Rosas, Allen W Cheever, Thomas A Wynn

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 436 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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436citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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436 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 727 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Mark S WilsonImmunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Satish K Madala
Thirumalai R Ramalingam
Bernadette R Gochuico
Ivan O Rosas
Allen W Cheever
Thomas A Wynn
National Human Genome Research Institute · USNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USBiomedical Research Institute · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a destructive inflammatory disease with limited therapeutic options. To better understand the inflammatory responses that precede and concur with collagen deposition, we used three models of pulmonary fibrosis and identify a critical mechanistic role for IL-17A. After exposure to bleomycin (BLM), but not Schistosoma mansoni eggs, IL-17A produced by CD4(+) and gammadelta(+) T cells induced significant neutrophilia and pulmonary fibrosis. Studies conducted with C57BL/6 il17a(-/-) mice confirmed an essential role for IL-17A. Mechanistically, using ifngamma(-/-), il10(-/-), il10(-/-)il12p40(-/-), and il10(-/-)il17a(-/-) mice and TGF-beta blockade, we demonstrate that IL-17A-driven fibrosis is suppressed by IL-10 and facilitated by IFN-gamma and IL-12/23p40. BLM-induced IL-17A production was also TGF-beta dependent, and recombinant IL-17A-mediated fibrosis required TGF-beta, suggesting cooperative roles for IL-17A and TGF-beta in the development of fibrosis. Finally, we show that fibrosis induced by IL-1beta, which mimics BLM-induced fibrosis, is also highly dependent on IL-17A. IL-17A and IL-1beta were also increased in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with IPF. Together, these studies identify a critical role for IL-17A in fibrosis, illustrating the potential utility of targeting IL-17A in the treatment of drug and inflammation-induced fibrosis.

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AnimalsBleomycinCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Interleukin-12 Subunit p40Interleukin-13Interleukin-17Interleukin-1betaLungMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPulmonary FibrosisSchistosoma mansoniBleomycinInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Interleukin-12 Subunit p40Interleukin-13Interleukin-17Interleukin-1beta

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PMID20176803
PMCPMC2839145
OpenAlexW2095715691

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