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Blocking follistatin-like 1 attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 9 Feb 2015
Dong Yingying, Geng Yan, Li Lian, Li Xiaohe, Yan Xiaohua, Fang Yinshan, Li Xinxin, Dong Siyuan, Liu Xue, Li Xue, Yang Xiuhong, Zheng Xiaohong, Xie Ting, Liang Jiurong, Dai Huaping, Liu Xinqi, Yin Zhinan, Noble Paul W, Jiang Dianhua, Ning Wen
Abstract excerpt
Progressive tissue fibrosis is a cause of major morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary fibrosis is an epithelial-mesenchymal disorder in which TGF-β1 plays a central role in pathogenesis. Here we show that follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) differentially regulates TGF-β and bone morphogenetic protein signaling, leading to epithelial injury and fibroblast activation. Haplodeletion of Fstl1 in mice or blockage of FSTL1 with a...
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