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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology2025

Targeting the Epigenetic Regulator CBX5 Promotes Fibroblast Metabolic Reprogramming and Inhibits Lung Fibrosis.

Jeongmin Hong, Tho X Pham, Jisu Lee, Ahmed A Raslan, Kristina Nicolas, Andrei Sharov, Jeffrey A Meridew, Raul A Urrutia, Gwen Lomberk, Steven K Huang and 1 more

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Article in American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Hallmarks of the ageing lung: 10 years later.The European respiratory journal · 2026
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  3. The Sound of Silence: Suppressing CBX5 Decreases Fibrosis by Inhibiting Fibroblasts.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jeongmin HongDepartment of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0003-3468-9902
Tho X PhamDepartment of Medicine.
Jisu LeeDepartment of Medicine.
Ahmed A RaslanDepartment of Medicine.
Kristina NicolasDepartment of Medicine.
Andrei SharovDepartment of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jeffrey A MeridewDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Raul A UrrutiaDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and.
Gwen LomberkDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and.
Steven K HuangDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-2090-6331
Giovanni LigrestiDepartment of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0002-3375-8665

Funding

BIOLOGY OF THE LUNG--MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMT32HL007035 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Darrell N. Kotton, JOSEPH P MIZGERD · 1985 to 2026
$24.3M
The Role of KCNMB1 and the Large Conductance Potassium (BK) Channel in Myofibroblast Differentiation and Pulmonary FibrosisR01HL127203 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HUANG, STEVEN K · 2015 to 2024
$4.4M
Epigenetic regulation of pulmonary fibrosisR01HL142596 · NHLBI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Giovanni Ligresti · 2018 to 2026
$2.9M
Targeting vascular dysfunction to promote lung repair and fibrosis resolutionR01HL158733 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI LIGRESTI, GIOVANNI · 2022 to 2025
$2.8M
Heterogeneity and Regulation of the DNA Methylome in IPF Mesenchymal CellsR01HL162963 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI STEVEN K HUANG · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Targeting Epigenomic Regulators at the Replication Fork in PDACR01CA247898 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI LOMBERK, GWEN · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA247898NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL127203NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL142596NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL158733NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL162963NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007035NIH/NHLBI R01HL142596NIH/NHLBI R01HL158733NIH/NHLBI R01HL162963NIH/NHLBI T32HL007035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by the sustained activation of interstitial fibroblasts leading to excessive collagen deposition and progressive organ failure. Epigenetic and metabolic abnormalities have been shown to contribute to the persistent activated state of scar-forming fibroblasts. However, how epigenetic changes regulate fibroblast metabolic responses to promote fibroblast activation and progressive fibrosis remains largely unknown. Here, we show that the epigenetic regulator CBX5 (chromobox protein homolog 5) is critical to the transition of quiescent fibroblasts to activated collagen-producing fibroblasts in response to bleomycin-induced lung injury. Loss of mesenchymal CBX5 attenuated fibrosis development, and this effect was accompanied by the downregulation of pathogenic fibroblast genes, including

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Cellular ReprogrammingEpigenesis, GeneticFibroblastsIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisPolycomb Repressive Complex 1AnimalsBleomycinGlycolysisHumansLungMetabolic ReprogrammingMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSignal TransductionBleomycinPolycomb Repressive Complex 1bleomycinepigeneticsfibroblastsmetabolic reprogrammingpulmonary fibrosis

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PMID39642371
PMCPMC12143411

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