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ArticleThe open rheumatology journal2012

New insights into the mechanisms of innate immune receptor signalling in fibrosis.

Robert Lafyatis, Alessandra Farina

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Article in The open rheumatology journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Novel role of long non-coding RNAs in autoimmune cutaneous disease.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2022
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  4. Biological approaches for hypertrophic scars.International wound journal · 2020
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  11. The Lung Microbiome, Immunity, and the Pathogenesis of Chronic Lung Disease.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2016
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  12. Update on macrophages and innate immunity in scleroderma.Current opinion in rheumatology · 2015
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  18. Oxidative stress and pulmonary changes in experimental liver cirrhosis.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Robert LafyatisRheumatology Section, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Alessandra Farina

Funding

Translational studies for identifying and targeting novel pathways in systemic sclerosis pathogenesisP50AR060780 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DOMSIC, ROBYN THERESE · 2011 to 2021
$14.9M
Rheumatic Diseases Research Core CentersP30AR061271 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI WHITFIELD, MICHAEL L · 2011 to 2015
$3.1M
Innate immunity in dermal fibrosis and systemic sclerosisR01AR051089 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LAFYATIS, ROBERT A. · 2005 to 2015
$2.8M
Interplay between Type I IFN and TGF-beta signaling in systemic sclerosisR03AR062721 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI FARINA, GIUSEPPINA ALESSANDRA · 2012 to 2014
$240k
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR061271NIAMS NIH HHS P50 AR060780NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR051089NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR062721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in our understanding of innate immunity and inflammation have direct bearing on how we understand autoimmunity, and fibrosis, and how innate immune sensors might stimulate both of these key features of several fibrotic diseases. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the major receptors for recognizing pathogen associated molecular patterns present on bacterial cell walls, such as LPS, and nucleic acids (RNA and DNA). Several intracellular pathways mediate TLR effects and initiate various pro-inflammatory programs. Mechanisms for control of inflammation, matrix remodeling, and ultimately fibrosis are also activated. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β), Interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-13 (IL-13), and interferon (IFNs) appear particularly important in regulating pro-fibrotic aspects of innate immune activation. These mechanisms appear important in fibrotic disease affecting multiple organ-systems, including lung, liver, kidney, and skin. These observations provide new paradigms for understanding the relationship between immunity/inflammation and fibrosis, however, the precise ligand and mechanism linking innate immune sensor(s) to fibrosis remain uncertain in most illnesses.

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fibrosis.Nod-like receptorsRig-I-like receptorsSclerodermatoll-like receptors

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PMID22802904
PMCPMC3396286

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