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Sildenafil Counteracts the In Vitro Activation of CXCL-9, CXCL-10 and CXCL-11/CXCR3 Axis Induced by Reactive Oxygen Species in Scleroderma Fibroblasts.

Cristina Antinozzi, Paolo Sgrò, Francesco Marampon, Daniela Caporossi, Francesco Del Galdo, Ivan Dimauro, Luigi Di Luigi

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Article in Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Cristina AntinozziUnit of Endocrinology, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00135 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4296-5081
Paolo SgròUnit of Endocrinology, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00135 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4929-2764
Francesco MaramponUnit of Endocrinology, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00135 Rome, Italy.
Daniela CaporossiUnit of Biology and Genetic, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00135 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9628-0665
Francesco Del GaldoLeeds Institue of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine and Diseases and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
Ivan DimauroUnit of Biology and Genetic, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00135 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0577-3144
Luigi Di LuigiUnit of Endocrinology, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00135 Rome, Italy.
Foro Italico University of Rome · ITUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_13066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxidative stress plays a key role in systemic sclerosis (SSc) pathogenesis, and an altered redox homeostasis might be responsible for abnormal inflammatory status, fibrosis and tissue damage extension. In this study, we explored the effect of the phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor sildenafil in modulating the activation of the CXCL-9, -10, -11/CXCR3 axis, which is fundamental in the perpetuation of inflammation in different autoimmune diseases, in the cell culture of SSc human dermal fibroblasts exposed to a pro-oxidant environment. We observed that sildenafil significantly reduced gene expression and release of CXCL-9, -10 and -11, inhibited the CXCR3 action and suppressed the activation of STAT1-, JNK- and p38MAPK pathways. This in vitro study on dermal fibroblasts supports clinical studies to consider the efficacy of sildenafil in preventing tissue damage and fibrosis in SSc by targeting central biomarkers of disease progression, vascular injuries and fibrosis and reducing the pro-inflammatory activation induced by oxidative stress.

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chemokinesfibrosisreactive oxygen speciessildenafilsystemic sclerosis

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PMID34073032
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