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ArticleBiochemistry and biophysics reports2021

Effects of blocking chemokine receptor CCR1 with BX471 in two models of fibrosis prevention and rescue in mice.

Susanne N Weber, Irina Nowak, Frank Grünhage, Frank Lammert

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Article in Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Susanne N WeberDepartment of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.
Irina NowakDepartment of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.
Frank GrünhageDepartment of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.
Frank LammertDepartment of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.
Saarland University · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe induction, progression and resolution of liver fibrosis are influenced by multiple chemokines. The inhibition of CCR1 signalling by a specific non-peptide inhibitor (BX471) reduces kidney fibrosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction via suppression of leukocyte recruitment in mice. However, it remains unclear whether selective CCR1 inhibition also affects hepatic fibrogenesis. Therefore we aimed to study the effect of this intervention on liver fibrosis in prevention (CCl

methodsIn the prevention model, hepatic fibrosis was induced by repeated injections of CCl

resultsBX471 injections were tolerated moderately well by all mice, and all mice developed hepatic fibrosis. Significant differences were neither observed in serum aminotransferase activities after 6 weeks of treatment between the two groups in the prevention nor in the rescue model. Interestingly, hepatic collagen contents were significantly higher in mice treated with BX471 in the prevention model as compared to controls but histological stages of liver sections did not differ. Of note, we observed only moderate effects on liver fibrosis in the ABCB4 knock-out model.

conclusionsOur data indicate that BX471 treatment did neither affect serum and tissue markers of liver injury and fibrosis in the CCl

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C-C chemokine receptor type 1FibrogenesisHepatic fibrosis

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