ArticlePloS one2019
Proton pump inhibitors attenuate myofibroblast formation associated with thyroid eye disease through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor.
Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of proton pump inhibitors on remodeling and fibrosis in eosinophilic esophagitis.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2026Article
- Modulation of AMPK by esomeprazole and canagliflozin mitigates methotrexate-induced hepatotoxicity: involvement of MAPK/JNK/ERK, JAK1/STAT3, and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Article
- Targeting the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor to Attenuate IGF1R Signaling in Thyroid Eye Disease.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2025Article
- Esomeprazole inhibits proliferation of scleroderma fibroblasts via cell cycle regulation.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Tapinarof, an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Ligand, Mitigates Fibroblast Activation in Thyroid Eye Disease: Implications for Novel Therapy.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
- An L-type calcium channel blocker nimodipine exerts anti-fibrotic effects by attenuating TGF-β1 induced calcium response in an in vitro model of thyroid eye disease.Eye and vision (London, England) · 2024Article
- Ceruloplasmin regulating fibrosis in orbital fibroblasts provides a novel therapeutic target for Graves' orbitopathy.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2023Article
- Article
- More than Meets the Eye: The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor is an Environmental Sensor, Physiological Regulator and a Therapeutic Target in Ocular Disease.Frontiers in toxicology · 2022Review
- Ogerin mediated inhibition of TGF-β(1) induced myofibroblast differentiation is potentiated by acidic pH.PloS one · 2022Article
- Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms: A Complex Interplay between Drug, T Cells, and Herpesviridae.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- MicroRNA-130a Is Elevated in Thyroid Eye Disease and Increases Lipid Accumulation in Fibroblasts Through the Suppression of AMPK.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2021Article
- Is it possible to use Proton Pump Inhibitors in COVID-19 treatment and prophylaxis?Medical hypotheses · 2020Article
- The aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway controls matrix metalloproteinase-1 and collagen levels in human orbital fibroblasts.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Proton Pump Inhibitors and Osteoporosis: Is Collagen a Direct Target?Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Article
- Thinking inside the box: Current insights into targeting orbital tissue remodeling and inflammation in thyroid eye disease.Survey of ophthalmologyReview
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Thyroid eye disease (TED) can lead to scar formation and tissue remodeling in the orbital space. In severe cases, the scarring process leads to sight-threatening pathophysiology. There is no known effective way to prevent scar formation in TED patients, or to reverse scarring once it occurs. In this study, we show that the proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), esomeprazole and lansoprazole, can prevent transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ)-mediated differentiation of TED orbital fibroblasts to myofibroblasts, a critical step in scar formation. Both PPIs prevent TGFβ-induced increases in alpha-smooth muscle actin (αSMA), calponin, and collagen production and reduce TED orbital fibroblast cell proliferation and migration. Esomeprazole and lansoprazole exert these effects through an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)-dependent pathway that includes reducing β-catenin/Wnt signaling. We conclude that PPIs are potentially useful therapies for preventing or treating TED by reducing the myofibroblast accumulation that occurs in the disease.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.