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ArticleCellular immunology2023

Full-length IL-33 augments pulmonary fibrosis in an ST2- and Th2-independent, non-transcriptomic fashion.

Irina G Luzina, Virginia Lockatell, Jean-Paul Courneya, Zhongcheng Mei, Rita Fishelevich, Pavel Kopach, Edward M Pickering, Phillip H Kang, Alexander S Krupnick, Nevins W Todd and 2 more

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Article in Cellular immunology, 2023. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Fibrotic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia: from inflammation to fibrosis and therapeutic implications.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  7. The IL-33/ST2 Axis Is Not Required for the Profibrotic Effect of IL-33 in the Lungs.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Irina G LuzinaDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; Research Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States. Electronic address: iluzina@som.umaryland.edu.
Virginia LockatellDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Jean-Paul CourneyaDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Zhongcheng MeiDepartment of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Rita FishelevichDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Pavel KopachDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Edward M PickeringDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Phillip H KangDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Alexander S KrupnickResearch Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States; Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Nevins W ToddDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; Research Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Stefanie N VogelDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Sergei P AtamasDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; Research Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USBaltimore VA Medical Center · US

Funding

The Role of Neutrophils in Regulating Lung Transplant ToleranceP01AI116501 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ALEXANDER S. KRUPNICK · 2015 to 2026
$19.4M
The Role of Eosinophils in the Lung AllograftR01AI145108 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Elizabeth A Jacobsen, ALEXANDER S. KRUPNICK · 2019 to 2026
$4.1M
Taming IL-33 to Control Inflammation and FibrosisR01AR077562 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI LUZINA, IRINA G. · 2021 to 2025
$1.7M
The Mechanisms of Profibrotic Sensitization by IL33R01HL126897 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI LUZINA, IRINA G. · 2015 to 2018
$1.4M
RSV-induced M2 macrophage differentiation: role of TLR4/PPARg/RXR signaling axis (80)R21AI163543 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI BLANCO, JORGE C, VOGEL, STEFANIE N. · 2021 to 2022
$432k
The Central Role of IL-33 in Immune-Mediated ScarringI01BX002499 · VA · BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI LUZINA, IRINA G. · 2015 to 2020
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Mechanisms of Immunosurveillance for Lung Cancer-the Role of CD8+ T Cells in Tumor Tolerance InductionI01BX002299 · VA · ST. LOUIS VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI ALEXANDER S. KRUPNICK · 2014 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX002299BLRD VA I01 BX002499NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL126897NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI116501NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI145108NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI163543NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR077562
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mature IL-33 (MIL33) acting through its receptor, ST2, is known to regulate fibrosis. The precursor, full-length IL-33 (FLIL33), may function differently from MIL33 and independently of ST2. Here we report that genetic deletion of either IL-33 or ST2 attenuates pulmonary fibrosis in the bleomycin model, as does Cre-induced IL-33 deficiency in response to either acute or chronic bleomycin challenge. However, adenovirus-mediated gene delivery of FLIL33, but not MIL33, to the lungs of either wild-type or ST2-deficient mice potentiates the profibrotic effect of bleomycin without inducing a Th2 phenotype. In cultured mouse lung cells, FLIL33 overexpression induces moderate and distinct transcriptomic changes compared with a robust response induced by MIL33, whereas ST2 deletion abrogates the effects of both IL-33 forms. Thus, FLIL33 may contribute to fibrosis in an ST2-independent, Th2-independent, non-transcriptomic fashion, suggesting that pharmacological targeting of both FLIL33 and MIL33 may prove efficacious in patients with pulmonary fibrosis.

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Pulmonary FibrosisAnimalsBleomycinFibrosisInterleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 ProteinInterleukin-33MiceMice, Inbred C57BLBleomycinInterleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 ProteinInterleukin-33FibrosisIL-33LungST2

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PMID36603504
PMCPMC9909894
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