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Role of CXCL16 in BLM-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition in human A549 cells

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Title
Role of CXCL16 in BLM-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition in human A549 cells
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Respiratory Research, February 2021
DOI 10.1186/s12931-021-01646-7
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Zhenzhen Ma, Chunyan Ma, Qingfeng Zhang, Yang Bai, Kun Mu, Xiangyuan Liu, Qingrui Yang

Abstract

Alveolar epithelial cells play an essential role in the initiation and progression of pulmonary fibrosis, and the occurrence of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) may be the early events of pulmonary fibrosis. Recent studies have shown chemokines are involved in the complex process of EMT, and CXC chemokine ligand 16 (CXCL16) is also associated with many fibrosis-related diseases. However, whether CXCL16 is dysregulated in alveolar epithelial cells and the role of CXCL16 in modulating EMT in pulmonary fibrosis has not been reported. In this study, we found that CXCL16 and its receptor C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 6 (CXCR6) were upregulated in bleomycin induced EMT in human alveolar type II-like epithelial A549 cells. Synergistic effect of CXCL16 and bleomycin in promoting EMT occurrence, extracellular matrix (ECM) excretion, as well as the pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic cytokines productions in A549 cells were observed, and those biological functions were impaired by CXCL16 siRNA. We further confirmed that CXCL16 regulated EMT in A549 cells via the TGF-β1/Smad3 pathways. These results indicated that CXCL16 could promote pulmonary fibrosis by promoting the process of EMT via the TGF-β1/Smad3 signaling pathway.

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Unknown 7 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 57%
Unspecified 1 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 14%
Unknown 1 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 29%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 14%
Unspecified 1 14%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 14%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 1 14%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 February 2021.
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#14,925,951
of 25,387,668 outputs
Outputs from Respiratory Research
#1,499
of 3,063 outputs
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#260,854
of 529,154 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Respiratory Research
#37
of 87 outputs
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