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ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2017

Deposition of insoluble elastin by pulmonary fibroblasts from patients with COPD is increased by treatment with versican siRNA.

Lian Wu, Jing Zhang, Jie Ming Qu, Chun-Xue Bai, Mervyn J Merrilees

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Article in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Lian WuDepartment of Community and Health Services, Unitec; Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University.
Jie Ming QuDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Chun-Xue BaiDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University.
Mervyn J MerrileesDepartment of Anatomy and Medical Imaging, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
University of Auckland · NZRuijin Hospital · CNSun Yat-sen University · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A reduced content of alveolar elastic fibers is a key feature of COPD lung. Despite continued elastogenic potential by alveolar fibroblasts in the lung affected by COPD, repair of elastic fibers does not take place, which is due to increased levels of the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan versican that inhibits the assembly of tropoelastin into fibers. In this study, primary pulmonary fibroblast cell lines from COPD and non-COPD patients were treated with a small interfering RNA (siRNA) against versican to determine if knockdown of versican could restore the deposition of insoluble elastin. Versican siRNA treatment reduced versican expression and secretion by pulmonary fibroblasts from both COPD and non-COPD patients (

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RNA InterferenceCase-Control StudiesCell LineDown-RegulationElastinFibroblastsGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansLungPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRNAi TherapeuticsRNA, Small InterferingSolubilityTime FactorsTransfectionTropoelastinElastinRNA, Small InterferingTropoelastinVCAN protein, humanVersicansCOPDelastinpulmonary fibroblastsversican

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PMID28138236
PMCPMC5238801
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