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ArticleJCI insight2023

CC16 augmentation reduces exaggerated COPD-like disease in Cc16-deficient mice.

Joselyn Rojas-Quintero, Maria Eugenia Laucho-Contreras, Xiaoyun Wang, Quynh-Anh Fucci, Patrick R Burkett, Se-Jin Kim, Duo Zhang, Yohannes Tesfaigzi, Yuhong Li, Abhiram R Bhashyam and 6 more

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Article in JCI insight, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Maternal smoking and CC-16: implications for lung development and COPD across the lifespan.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2026
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  9. Sputum Biomarkers in Wood and Tobacco Smoke Etiotypes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Joselyn Rojas-QuinteroSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Maria Eugenia Laucho-ContrerasDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Xiaoyun WangDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Quynh-Anh FucciDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Patrick R BurkettDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Se-Jin KimDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Duo ZhangClinical and Experimental Therapeutics program, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia and Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Yohannes TesfaigziDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Yuhong LiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abhiram R BhashyamDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Zhang LiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Haider KhamasDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Bartolome CelliDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Aprile L PilonAPCBio Innovations, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Francesca PolverinoSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Caroline A OwenDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USBoston University · USClinical Innovations (United States) · US

Funding

Respiratory Computational Discovery CoreP01HL114501 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI CHOI, MARY E · 2013 to 2025
$24.9M
Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, and BiostatisticsP01HL105339 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SILVERMAN, EDWIN K · 2011 to 2015
$12.2M
MMP-8 Deficiency Improves Host Responses to Influenza Viral InfectionsF32HL147437 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI WANG, XIAOYUN · 2019 to 2021
$205k
Mechanistic Insights of TIMP-1 in Influenza Virus InfectionR03AI169063 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI WANG, XIAOYUN · 2022 to 2023
$151k
NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL147437NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL105339NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL114501NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI169063
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low Club Cell 16 kDa protein (CC16) plasma levels are linked to accelerated lung function decline in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoke-exposed (CS-exposed) Cc16-/- mice have exaggerated COPD-like disease associated with increased NF-κB activation in their lungs. It is unclear whether CC16 augmentation can reverse exaggerated COPD in CS-exposed Cc16-/- mice and whether increased NF-κB activation contributes to the exaggerated COPD in CS-exposed Cc16-/- lungs. CS-exposed WT and Cc16-/- mice were treated with recombinant human CC16 (rhCC16) or an NF-κB inhibitor versus vehicle beginning at the midpoint of the exposures. COPD-like disease and NF-κB activation were measured in the lungs. RhCC16 limited the progression of emphysema, small airway fibrosis, and chronic bronchitis-like disease in WT and Cc16-/- mice partly by reducing pulmonary inflammation (reducing myeloid leukocytes and/or increasing regulatory T and/or B cells) and alveolar septal cell apoptosis, reducing NF-κB activation in CS-exposed Cc16-/- lungs, and rescuing the reduced Foxj1 expression in CS-exposed Cc16-/- lungs. IMD0354 treatment reduced exaggerated lung inflammation and rescued the reduced Foxj1 expression in CS-exposed Cc16-/- mice. RhCC16 treatment reduced NF-κB activation in luciferase reporter A549 cells. Thus, rhCC16 treatment limits COPD progression in CS-exposed Cc16-/- mice partly by inhibiting NF-κB activation and represents a potentially novel therapeutic approach for COPD.

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PneumoniaPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructivePulmonary EmphysemaAnimalsHumansLungMiceNF-kappa BNicotianaUteroglobinNF-kappa BScgb1a1 protein, mouseUteroglobinImmunologyInflammationInnate immunityNF-kappaB

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PMID36787195
PMCPMC10070105
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