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IL-10 Mediated Immunomodulation Limits Subepithelial Fibrosis and Repairs Airway Epithelium in Rejecting Airway Allografts.

Mohammad Afzal Khan, Ghazi Abdulmalik Ashoor, Talal Shamma, Fatimah Alanazi, Abdullah Altuhami, Shadab Kazmi, Hala Abdalrahman Ahmed, Abdullah Mohammed Assiri, Dieter Clemens Broering

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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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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10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 country.

Mohammad Afzal KhanOrgan Transplant Centre of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4738-7893
Ghazi Abdulmalik AshoorDepartment of Physiological Sciences, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
Talal ShammaOrgan Transplant Centre of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia.
Fatimah AlanaziOrgan Transplant Centre of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AltuhamiOrgan Transplant Centre of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia.
Shadab KazmiOrgan Transplant Centre of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia.
Hala Abdalrahman AhmedComparative Medicine Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah Mohammed AssiriComparative Medicine Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2753-5238
Dieter Clemens BroeringOrgan Transplant Centre of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAAlfaisal University · SA

Funding

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2160 036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-10 plays a vital role in maintaining peripheral immunotolerance and favors a regulatory immune milieu through the suppression of T effector cells. Inflammation-induced microvascular loss has been associated with airway epithelial injury, which is a key pathological source of graft malfunctioning and subepithelial fibrosis in rejecting allografts. The regulatory immune phase maneuvers alloimmune inflammation through various regulatory modulators, and thereby promotes graft microvascular repair and suppresses the progression of fibrosis after transplantation. The present study was designed to investigate the therapeutic impact of IL-10 on immunotolerance, in particular, the reparative microenvironment, which negates airway epithelial injury, and fibrosis in a mouse model of airway graft rejection. Here, we depleted and reconstituted IL-10, and serially monitored the phase of immunotolerance, graft microvasculature, inflammatory cytokines, airway epithelium, and subepithelial collagen in rejecting airway transplants. We demonstrated that the IL-10 depletion suppresses FOXP3

Indexed as

Re-EpithelializationAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFibrosisGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-10MiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutRespiratory MucosaTime FactorsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTracheaIL10 protein, mouseInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-10immunotoleranceinterleukin-10subepithelial fibrosisTSG-6

Identifiers

PMID34069395
PMCPMC8158696
OpenAlexW3160122268

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