Macrophages in wound healing: activation and plasticity

SY Kim, MG Nair - Immunology and cell biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages are critically involved in wound healing, from dampening inflammation to
clearing cell debris and coordinating tissue repair. Within the wound, the complexity of …

Macrophages: friend or foe in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

L Zhang, Y Wang, G Wu, W **ong, W Gu, CY Wang - Respiratory research, 2018 - Springer
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a prototype of lethal, chronic, progressive interstitial
lung disease of unknown etiology. Over the past decade, macrophage has been recognized …

Pooled CRISPR screening identifies m6A as a positive regulator of macrophage activation

J Tong, X Wang, Y Liu, X Ren, A Wang, Z Chen… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
m6A RNA modification is implicated in multiple cellular responses. However, its function in
the innate immune cells is poorly understood. Here, we identified major m6A “writers” as the …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer: mechanisms and molecular targets

B Ballester, J Milara, J Cortijo - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common idiopathic interstitial pulmonary
disease with a median survival of 2–4 years after diagnosis. A significant number of IPF …

PAI-1 regulation of TGF-β1–induced alveolar type II cell senescence, SASP secretion, and SASP-mediated activation of alveolar macrophages

T Rana, C Jiang, G Liu, T Miyata, V Antony… - American Journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Senescence of alveolar type II (ATII) cells, progenitors of the alveolar epithelium, is a
pathological feature and contributes importantly to the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary …

Oxidative stress in pulmonary fibrosis

E Otoupalova, S Smith, G Cheng… - Comprehensive …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative stress has been linked to various disease states as well as physiological aging.
The lungs are uniquely exposed to a highly oxidizing environment and have evolved several …

IRAK family in inflammatory autoimmune diseases

LC Su, WD Xu, AF Huang - Autoimmunity reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Innate immune signaling plays an important role in inflammation, and dysregulation of
signaling components within this pathway has been focused as a critical mediator in …

Lung pneumonitis and fibrosis in cancer therapy: a review on cellular and molecular mechanisms

C Xu, Z Shang, M Najafi - Current Drug Targets, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Fibrosis and pneumonitis are the most important side effects of lung tissue following cancer
therapy. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy by some drugs, such as bleomycin, can induce …

AKT2 regulates pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis via modulating macrophage activation

Y Nie, L Sun, Y Wu, Y Yang, J Wang, H He… - The Journal of …, 2017 - journals.aai.org
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a highly lethal pathological process that is
characterized by inflammation, fibroblast accumulation, and excessive collagen deposition …

Schisandra Inhibit Bleomycin‐Induced Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats via Suppressing M2 Macrophage Polarization

Z Guo, S Li, N Zhang, Q Kang… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is defined as a specific form of chronic, progressive
fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown cause and limited to the lungs. Schisandrae …