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ArticleScientific reports2017

Effects of hMASP-2 on the formation of BCG infection-induced granuloma in the lungs of BALB/c mice.

Xiaoying Xu, Xiaoling Lu, Xingfang Dong, Yanping Luo, Qian Wang, Xun Liu, Jie Fu, Yuan Zhang, Bingdong Zhu, Xingming Ma

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoying XuDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Xiaoling LuDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Xingfang DongDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Yanping LuoDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Qian WangDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Xun LiuInstitute of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Jie FuDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Yuan ZhangDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Bingdong ZhuInstitute of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Xingming MaDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China. maxm@lzu.edu.cn.
Lanzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, affects the functions of the lung and causes high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. MASP-2 is an executioner enzyme, which plays an essential role in the activation of lectin pathway. In our previous studies, the MASP-2 played a dual role in promoting the progress of lesions in BCG-infected rabbit skin models. However, the really effects of MASP-2 on tuberculosis are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of MASP-2 in granuloma formation with BCG-infected mice. Compared to the control group, rAd-hMASP-2 treated group showed increasing in survival rate of BCG-infected mice (P = 0.042), and decreasing of bacteria loads (P = 0.005) in the lung tissue. MASP-2 displayed a protective efficacy in BCG-infected mice, which promoted the activation and recruitment of macrophages and lymphocytes to the granuloma. Moreover, the data obtained from the ELISA and RT-PCR demonstrated that mRNA expression for IL-6, CCL12, CCL2 and cytokines of IFN-γ, TNF-α in lung were significantly elevated by treatment of rAd-hMASP-2. Those findings provided an evidence that MASP-2 may be as a newly immunomodulatory in targeting granuloma formation, which displayed a potential protective role in control of tuberculosis.

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AdenoviridaeAnimalsGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsGranulomaHumansLungMannose-Binding Protein-Associated Serine ProteasesMice, Inbred BALB CMycobacterium bovisSurvival AnalysisTuberculosisMannose-Binding Protein-Associated Serine ProteasesMASP2 protein, human

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PMID28536447
PMCPMC5442121
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