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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Multi-Antigen Imaging Reveals Inflammatory DC, ADAM17 and Neprilysin as Effectors in Keloid Formation.

Mathias Rath, Alain Pitiot, Michael Kirr, Waltraud Fröhlich, Bianca Plosnita, Stefan Schliep, Jürgen Bauerschmitz, Andreas S Baur, Christian Ostalecki

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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.

Mathias RathDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2470-0007
Alain PitiotLaboratory of Image & Data Analysis, Ilixa Ltd., London W1U 6NQ, UK.
Michael KirrDepartment of Dermatology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Waltraud FröhlichDepartment of Dermatology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Bianca PlosnitaTissueGnostics GmbH, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
Stefan SchliepDepartment of Dermatology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Jürgen BauerschmitzDepartment of Dermatology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Andreas S BaurDepartment of Dermatology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Christian OstaleckiDepartment of Dermatology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6676-0497
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Keloid is an aberrant scarring process of the skin, characterized by excessive extracellular matrix synthesis and deposition. The pathogenesis of this prevalent cutaneous disorder is not fully understood; however, a persistent inflammatory process is observed. To obtain more insight into this process, we analyzed lesional, perilesional and healthy tissue using multi-antigen-analysis (MAA) in conjunction with a data mining approach. Here, we demonstrate that monocyte-derived inflammatory dendritic cells (CD1a+, CD11c+, CD14+) and activated CD4+ T lymphocytes (CD45 RO+) dominated the immune infiltration in keloids while associating with fibroblasts. In perilesional tissue, precursor immune cells were dominant in the perivascular area, suggesting that they were attracted by an immune process, potentially in the lesional area. Supporting this hypothesis, only in keloid lesions, high levels of ADAM10/17 and Neprilysin (CD10) were observed in both fibroblasts and leukocytes. The spatial proximity of these two cell types, which could be confirmed by image analysis only in lesional tissue, could be a potential factor leading to the activation of fibroblasts. Our findings provide new insight into the pathogenesis of keloid formation and reveal metalloproteinases as a target for therapeutical intervention.

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ADAM17 ProteinAdolescentAdultCase-Control StudiesCells, CulturedDendritic CellsFibroblastsHumansInflammationKeloidMiddle AgedNeprilysinYoung AdultADAM17 ProteinADAM17 protein, humanNeprilysindendritic cellsmultiplex imagingproteasesscarsingle-cell analysistumor biologytumor microenvironment

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PMID34502327
PMCPMC8430546
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