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ArticlePulmonary circulation2016

Nonmuscle myosin light chain kinase activity modulates radiation-induced lung injury.

Ting Wang, Biji Mathew, Xiaomin Wu, Yuka Shimizu, Alicia N Rizzo, Steven M Dudek, Ralph R Weichselbaum, Jeffrey R Jacobson, Louise Hecker, Joe G N Garcia

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Article in Pulmonary circulation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ting WangDepartment of Medicine and Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; These authors contributed equally as first authors.
Biji MathewDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; These authors contributed equally as first authors.
Xiaomin WuDepartment of Medicine and Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Yuka ShimizuDepartment of Medicine and Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Alicia N RizzoDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Steven M DudekDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ralph R WeichselbaumDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jeffrey R JacobsonDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Louise HeckerDepartment of Medicine and Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Joe G N GarciaDepartment of Medicine and Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
University of Arizona · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Structure-Function Analysis of nmMLCK in EC Barrier ResponsesP01HL126609 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI STEVEN M DUDEK · 2016 to 2026
$24.4M
Regulation of Asthmatic Inflammation by Non-Muscle MLCKR01HL091889 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI GARCIA, JOE G. N., WANG, TING · 2008 to 2018
$3.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL126609NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL091889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiotherapy as a primary treatment for thoracic malignancies induces deleterious effects, such as acute or subacute radiation-induced lung injury (RILI). Although the molecular etiology of RILI is controversial and likely multifactorial, a potentially important cellular target is the lung endothelial cytoskeleton that regulates paracellular gap formation and the influx of macromolecules and fluid to the alveolar space. Here we investigate the central role of a key endothelial cytoskeletal regulatory protein, the nonmuscle isoform of myosin light chain kinase (nmMLCK), in an established murine RILI model. Our results indicate that thoracic irradiation significantly augmented nmMLCK protein expression and enzymatic activity in murine lungs. Furthermore, genetically engineered mice harboring a deletion of the nmMLCK gene (nmMLCK(-/-) mice) exhibited protection from RILI, as assessed by attenuated vascular leakage and leukocyte infiltration. In addition, irradiated wild-type mice treated with two distinct MLCK enzymatic inhibitors, ML-7 and PIK (peptide inhibitor of kinase), also demonstrated attenuated RILI. Taken together, these data suggests a key role for nmMLCK in vascular barrier regulation in RILI and warrants further examination of RILI strategies that target nmMLCK.

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bronchoalveolar lavagenonmuscle myosin light chain kinaseradiation-induced lung injury

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PMID27252850
PMCPMC4869928
OpenAlexW2316736535

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