Title |
The role of PPARγ in carbon nanotube-elicited granulomatous lung inflammation
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Published in |
Respiratory Research, January 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1465-9921-14-7 |
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Authors |
Isham Huizar, Anagha Malur, Janki Patel, Matthew McPeek, Larry Dobbs, Christopher Wingard, Barbara P Barna, Mary Jane Thomassen |
Abstract |
Although granulomatous inflammation is a central feature of many disease processes, cellular mechanisms of granuloma formation and persistence are poorly understood. Carbon nanoparticles, which can be products of manufacture or the environment, have been associated with granulomatous disease. This paper utilizes a previously described carbon nanoparticle granuloma model to address the issue of whether peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), a nuclear transcription factor and negative regulator of inflammatory cytokines might play a role in granulomatous lung disease. PPARγ is constitutively expressed in alveolar macrophages from healthy individuals but is depressed in alveolar macrophages of patients with sarcoidosis, a prototypical granulomatous disease. Our previous study of macrophage-specific PPARγ KO mice had revealed an intrinsically inflammatory pulmonary environment with an elevated pro-inflammatory cytokines profile as compared to wild-type mice. Based on such observations we hypothesized that PPARγ expression would be repressed in alveolar macrophages from animals bearing granulomas induced by MWCNT instillation. |
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