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ArticleMediators of inflammation2019

Elevation of IL-6 and IL-33 Levels in Serum Associated with Lung Fibrosis and Skeletal Muscle Wasting in a Bleomycin-Induced Lung Injury Mouse Model.

Jiunn-Min Shieh, Hui-Yun Tseng, Fang Jung, Shih-Hsing Yang, Jau-Chen Lin

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 71 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jiunn-Min ShiehDivision of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Yongkang, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hui-Yun TsengDepartment of Respiratory Therapy, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Fang JungDepartment of Respiratory Therapy, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Shih-Hsing YangDepartment of Respiratory Therapy, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Jau-Chen LinDepartment of Respiratory Therapy, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4358-0602
Fu Jen Catholic University · TWChi Mei Medical Center · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Weight loss due to skeletal muscle atrophy in patients with chronic pulmonary disease is negatively correlated with clinical outcome. Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and progressive interstitial lung disease characterized by the dysregulated deposition of the extracellular matrix (ECM) with the destruction of normal tissue, resulting in end-stage organ failure. BLM-induced fibrosis is one of several different experimental models of pulmonary fibrosis, characterized by inflammation and excessive ECM deposition. We directly induced mouse lung injury by the intratracheal administration of bleomycin and monitored the physiological and biochemical changes in lung and skeletal muscle tissues by using lung function testing, ELISA, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. Here, we found that BLM-induced lung fibrosis with thickened interstitial lung tissue, including fibronectin and collagen, was correlated with the increased serum concentrations of IL-6 and IL-33 and accompanied by reduced lung function, including FRC (functional residual capacity), C chord (lung compliance), IC (inspiratory capacity), VC (vital capacity), TLC (total lung capacity), and FVC (forced vital capacity) (

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AnimalsBleomycinBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidDisease Models, AnimalInterleukin-33Interleukin-6Lung InjuryMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMuscle, SkeletalMuscular AtrophyPulmonary FibrosisSignal TransductionBleomycinInterleukin-33Interleukin-6

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PMID31049028
PMCPMC6458868
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