ReviewAmerican journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology2015
Matrix metalloproteinases as therapeutic targets for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Shared and unique transcriptomic signature genes and pathways among biopsy, peripheral blood mononuclear cells and bronchoalveolar lavage samples in IPF patients revealed using comparative meta-transcriptome analysis.Tuberkuloz ve toraks · 2024Pooled it
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- Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Advances in Idiopathic and Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: From Approved Drugs to Emerging Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
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- Immunological mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in pulmonary fibrosis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
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- Therapeutic Potential of Lentiviral miR-200a Mimics in Regulating Fibrinolysis and EMT Markers During Pulmonary Fibrosis.FASEB bioAdvances · 2026Article
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Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a restrictive lung disease that is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Current medical therapies are not fully effective at limiting mortality in patients with IPF, and new therapies are urgently needed. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteinases that, together, can degrade all components of the extracellular matrix and numerous nonmatrix proteins. MMPs and their inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs), have been implicated in the pathogenesis of IPF based upon the results of clinical studies reporting elevated levels of MMPs (including MMP-1, MMP-7, MMP-8, and MMP-9) in IPF blood and/or lung samples. Surprisingly, studies of gene-targeted mice in murine models of pulmonary fibrosis (PF) have demonstrated that most MMPs promote (rather than inhibit) the development of PF and have identified diverse mechanisms involved. These mechanisms include MMPs: (1) promoting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (MMP-3 and MMP-7); (2) increasing lung levels or activity of profibrotic mediators or reducing lung levels of antifibrotic mediators (MMP-3, MMP-7, and MMP-8); (3) promoting abnormal epithelial cell migration and other aberrant repair processes (MMP-3 and MMP-9); (4) inducing the switching of lung macrophage phenotypes from M1 to M2 types (MMP-10 and MMP-28); and (5) promoting fibrocyte migration (MMP-8). Two MMPs, MMP-13 and MMP-19, have antifibrotic activities in murine models of PF, and two MMPs, MMP-1 and MMP-10, have the potential to limit fibrotic responses to injury. Herein, we review what is known about the contributions of MMPs and TIMPs to the pathogenesis of IPF and discuss their potential as therapeutic targets for IPF.
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