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ReviewCurrent drug targets2016

Dysregulated Chemokine Signaling in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease: A Potential Therapeutic Target.

Xiaoqing Guan, Yuning Hou, Fei Sun, Zhe Yang, Chunying Li

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Review in Current drug targets, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. TGF-β induces excessive pulmonary IL-6 secretion in cystic fibrosis via PI3K.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2025
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  12. Impact ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  13. Immunometabolism in biofilm infection: lessons from cancer.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2022
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  17. The Multifaceted Roles of MicroRNAs in Cystic Fibrosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  18. UnderstandingCells · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoqing Guan
Yuning Hou
Fei Sun
Zhe YangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. 540 E. Canfield Avenue, 5312 Scott Hall, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Chunying LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. 540 E. Canfield Avenue, 5312 Scott Hall, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Wayne State University · US

Funding

Chemokine Signaling in EPC Angiogenesis: A Role of Lysine MethylationR01HL128647 · NHLBI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, CHUNYING · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128647
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CF lung disease is characterized by a chronic and non-resolving activation of the innate immune system with excessive release of chemokines/cytokines including IL-8 and persistent infiltration of immune cells, mainly neutrophils, into the airways. Chronic infection and impaired immune response eventually lead to pulmonary damage characterized by bronchiectasis, emphysema, and lung fibrosis. As a complete knowledge of the pathways responsible for the exaggerated inflammatory response in CF lung disease is lacking, understanding these pathways could reveal new therapeutic targets, and lead to novel treatments. Therefore, there is a strong rationale for the identification of mechanisms and pathways underlying the exaggerated inflammatory response in CF lung disease. This article reviews the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of CF lung disease, with a focus on the dysregulated signaling involved in the overexpression of chemokine IL-8 and excessive recruitment of neutrophils in CF airways. The findings suggest that targeting the exaggerated IL-8/IL-8 receptor (mainly CXCR2) signaling pathway in immune cells (especially neutrophils) may represent a potential therapeutic strategy for CF lung disease.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyChemokinesCystic FibrosisCytokinesDrug DesignHumansImmunity, InnateInflammationLung DiseasesNeutrophil InfiltrationSignal TransductionChemokinesCytokines

Identifiers

PMID26648071
PMCPMC6500735
OpenAlexW2294564703

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