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ArticleJournal of cell communication and signaling2018

Endoglin haploinsufficiency is associated with differential regulation of extracellular matrix production during skin fibrosis and cartilage repair in mice.

Anas Alzahrani, Yoon Chi, Kenneth W Finnson, Meryem Blati, Bertrand Lussier, Mohit Kapoor, Stephane Roy, Anie Philip

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Article in Journal of cell communication and signaling, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Anas AlzahraniDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Yoon ChiDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Kenneth W FinnsonDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Meryem BlatiDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bertrand LussierDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mohit KapoorOsteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Stephane RoyDépartement de Stomatologie, Faculté de Médecine dentaire, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Anie PhilipDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. anie.philip@mcgill.ca.
McGill University · CAUniversité de Montréal · CAHôpital Notre-Dame · CAKing Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis FRN13732King Abdulaziz University Mohammad Hussein Al-Amoudi Chair of Diabetic Foot Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is a multifunctional growth factor with potent pro-fibrotic effects. Endoglin is a TGF-β co-receptor that strongly regulates TGF-β signaling in a variety of cell types. Although aberrant regulation of TGF-β signaling is known to play a key role in fibrotic diseases such as scleroderma and impaired cartilage repair, the significance of endoglin function in regulating these processes is poorly understood. Here we examined whether endoglin haploinsufficiency regulates extracellular (ECM) protein expression and fibrotic responses during bleomycin induced skin fibrosis and surgically induced osteoarthritis, using endoglin-heterozygous (Eng+/-) mice and wild-type (Eng+/+) littermates. Skin fibrosis was induced by injecting mice intradermally with bleomycin or vehicle. Osteoarthritis was induced surgically by destabilization of medial meniscus. Dermal thickness, cartilage integrity and ECM protein expression were then determined. Eng+/- mice subjected to bleomycin challenge show a marked decrease in dermal thickness (P < 0.005) and reduced collagen content and decreased collagen I, fibronectin, alpha-smooth muscle actin levels as compared to Eng+/+ mice, both under basal and bleomycin treated conditions. Eng+/- mice undergoing surgically induced osteoarthritis show no differences in the degree of cartilage degradation, as compared to Eng+/+ mice, although chondrocytes isolated from Eng

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Animal modelEndoglinFibrosis, skin, cartilage, osteoarthritisSclerodermaSystemic sclerosisTGF-beta

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PMID29488175
PMCPMC5842213
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