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ReviewFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2024

The role of IL-17 family cytokines in cardiac fibrosis.

Liqing Huang

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Review in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. TRIM21enhances IL-17A signaling and drives autoimmune myocarditis by promoting TRAF3 lysosomaldegradation in cardiac fibroblasts.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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Liqing HuangThree Gorges University Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Yichang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yichang, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myocardial fibrosis is a common pathological feature in various cardiovascular diseases including myocardial infarction, heart failure, and myocarditis. Generally, persistent myocardial fibrosis correlates with poor prognosis and ranks among the leading causes of death globally. Currently, there is no effective treatment for myocardial fibrosis, partly due to its unclear pathogenic mechanism. Increasing studies have shown IL-17 family cytokines are strongly associated with the initiation and propagation of myocardial fibrosis. This review summarizes the expression, action, and signal transduction mechanisms of IL-17, focusing on its role in fibrosis associated with cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction, heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, and myocarditis. It also discusses its potential as a therapeutic target, offering new insights for the clinical treatment of myocardial fibrosis.

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cardiac fibrosisextracellular matrixfibroblastIL-17myofibroblast

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PMID39502194
PMCPMC11534612

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