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ArticlePloS one2015

The long pentraxin PTX3 promotes fibrocyte differentiation.

Darrell Pilling, Nehemiah Cox, Varsha Vakil, J Sjef Verbeek, Richard H Gomer

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Darrell PillingDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
Nehemiah CoxDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
Varsha VakilDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
J Sjef VerbeekDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Richard H GomerDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America; Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
Rice University · USTexas A&M University · USLeiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

Regulating fibrocyte differentiation in fibrosisR01HL083029 · NHLBI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI GOMER, RICHARD H · 2006 to 2009
$1.5M
Pentraxin regulation of macrophage differentiationR01HL118507 · NHLBI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI GOMER, RICHARD H · 2014 to 2017
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL083029NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118507
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monocyte-derived, fibroblast-like cells called fibrocytes are associated with fibrotic lesions. The plasma protein serum amyloid P component (SAP; also known as pentraxin-2, PTX2) inhibits fibrocyte differentiation in vitro, and injections of SAP inhibit fibrosis in vivo. SAP is a member of the pentraxin family of proteins that includes C-reactive protein (CRP; PTX1) and pentraxin-3 (PTX3). All three pentraxins are associated with fibrosis, but only SAP and CRP have been studied for their effects on fibrocyte differentiation. We find that compared to SAP and CRP, PTX3 promotes human and murine fibrocyte differentiation. The effect of PTX3 is dependent on FcγRI. In competition studies, the fibrocyte-inhibitory activity of SAP is dominant over PTX3. Binding competition studies indicate that SAP and PTX3 bind human FcγRI at different sites. In murine models of lung fibrosis, PTX3 is present in fibrotic areas, and the PTX3 distribution is associated with collagen deposition. In lung tissue from pulmonary fibrosis patients, PTX3 has a widespread distribution, both in unaffected tissue and in fibrotic lesions, whereas SAP is restricted to areas adjacent to vessels, and absent from fibrotic areas. These data suggest that the relative levels of SAP and PTX3 present at sites of fibrosis may have a significant effect on the ability of monocytes to differentiate into fibrocytes.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationAnimalsC-Reactive ProteinFemaleFibroblastsHumansLungMaleMiceMonocytesNerve Tissue ProteinsPentraxinsPulmonary FibrosisReceptors, IgGSerum Amyloid P-ComponentC-Reactive ProteinFCGR1A protein, humanFcgr1 protein, mouseNerve Tissue ProteinsPentraxinsReceptors, IgGSerum Amyloid P-Component

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PMID25774777
PMCPMC4361553
OpenAlexW2090178239

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