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ArticleTransplantation2019

IL-17A Contributes to Lung Fibrosis in a Model of Chronic Pulmonary Graft-versus-host Disease.

Tereza Martinu, William C McManigle, Francine L Kelly, Margaret E Nelson, Jesse Sun, Helen L Zhang, Jay K Kolls, Kymberly M Gowdy, Scott M Palmer

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Article in Transplantation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 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

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Review of CXCL1 in Cardiac Fibrosis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021
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  3. Persistent and progressive acute lung allograft dysfunction is linked to cell compositional and transcriptional changes in small airways.The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tereza MartinuToronto Lung Transplant Program, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
William C McManigleDepartment of Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Francine L KellyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Margaret E NelsonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Jesse SunDepartment of Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Helen L ZhangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Jay K KollsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Kymberly M GowdyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
Scott M PalmerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Duke University · USEast Carolina University · US

Funding

MATRIX REGULATION OF FIBROPROLIFERATIVE LUNG DISEASEP50HL084917 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WRIGHT, JO RAE · 2006 to 2010
$13.2M
Training in CD4 T-cell Lung ImmunityR35HL139930 · NHLBI · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI KOLLS, JAY K · 2018 to 2024
$6.3M
Genetic Regulation of Lung Transplant OutcomesK24HL091140 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI PALMER, SCOTT M · 2008 to 2012
$712k
NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL091140NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL084917NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL139930
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic pulmonary graft-versus-host disease (cpGVHD) after hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) manifests as progressive airway and parenchymal lung fibrosis. On the basis of our prior data, mice that undergo allogeneic HCT with Tbet-knockout donors (AlloTbet) have increased lung Th17 cells and IL-17A and develop fibrosis resembling human cpGVHD. The role of IL-17A in posttransplant pulmonary fibrosis remains incompletely understood. We hypothesized that IL-17A is necessary for development of murine cpGVHD in this model.

methodsAlloTbet mice received weekly intraperitoneal anti-IL-17A or IgG (200 μg/mouse) starting 2 weeks post-HCT and were sacrificed after week 5. Histologic airway and parenchymal fibrosis were semiquantitatively graded in a blinded fashion. Lung cells and proteins were measured by flow cytometry, ELISA, and multicytokine assays.

resultsAnti-IL-17A modestly decreased airway and parenchymal lung fibrosis, along with a striking reduction in pulmonary neutrophilia, IL-6, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, CXCL1, and CXCL5 in AlloTbet mice. Additionally, anti-IL-17A decreased CCL2, inflammatory monocytes and macrophages, and Th17 cells.

conclusionsIn the setting of murine AlloHCT with Tbet donors, IL-17A blockade decreases fibrotic features of cpGVHD. This may be mediated by the observed reduction in neutrophils or specific lung monocyte and macrophage populations or alternatively via a direct effect on fibroblasts. Collectively, our results further suggest that anti-IL-17A strategies could prove useful in preventing alloimmune-driven fibrotic lung diseases.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsChemokine CCL2Chemokine CCL3Chemokine CCL4Chemokine CXCL1Chemokine CXCL5Chronic DiseaseGraft vs Host DiseaseInflammationInterleukin-17Interleukin-6LungMacrophagesMaleMiceCcl2 protein, mouseCcl3 protein, mouseCcl4 protein, mouseChemokine CCL2Chemokine CCL3Chemokine CCL4Chemokine CXCL1Chemokine CXCL5Cxcl1 protein, mouseCxcl5 protein, mouseIl17a protein, mouseInterleukin-17Interleukin-6

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PMID31658231
PMCPMC7550218
OpenAlexW2965192246

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