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ArticleAging2020

The IL1β-HER2-CLDN18/CLDN4 axis mediates lung barrier damage in ARDS.

Xinhua Ma, Xin Yu, Qi Zhou

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Article in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Role of air pollutants in airway epithelial barrier dysfunction in asthma and COPD.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Xinhua MaDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xin YuDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, China.
Qi ZhouDepartment of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe high mortality rate associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a major challenge for intensive care units. In the present study, we applied bioinformatics and animal models to identify core genes and potential corresponding pathways in ARDS.

resultsUsing bioinformatics analysis, IL-1β was identified as the core gene of ARDS. Cell experiments showed that up-regulation of IL-1β downregulates claudin18 to promote lung barrier function damage by regulating the IL-1β-HER2/HER3 axis, further promoting the development of ARDS. This was validated in the animal models.

conclusionIL-1β promotes the development of ARDS by regulating the IL-1β-HER2/HER3 axis. These findings deepen the understanding of the pathological mechanisms of ARDS.

methodsTranscription data sets related to ARDS were subjected to differential expression gene analysis, functional enrichment analysis, and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis and, so as to identify core genes in ARDS. Cell experiments were used to further explore the effects of core genes on lung barrier function damage. Animal models were applied to validate the effects of core gene in mediating biological signal pathways in ARDS.

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AnimalsClaudin-4ClaudinsComputational BiologyDisease Models, AnimalErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesHumansInterleukin-1betaLungRabbitsRespiratory Distress SyndromeSignal TransductionUp-RegulationClaudin-4ClaudinsCLDN18 protein, humanCLDN4 protein, humanERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesInterleukin-1betaacute respiratory distress syndromeclaudin18HER2IL-1βlung barrier injury

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PMID32065780
PMCPMC7066891

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