Distribution of transforming growth factor-beta 1, fibronectin, and smooth muscle actin in asbestos-induced pulmonary fibrosis in ratsTD Perdue and AR Brody Laboratory of Pulmonary Pathobiology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. We are studying the development of fibrogenic lesions in the lungs of rats exposed briefly to an aerosol of chrysotile asbestos fibers. This model of asbestosis has enabled us to establish very early cellular events at the specific locations where interstitial fibrosis will develop. These sites, the first alveolar duct bifurcations, are where the fibers are initially deposited and where macrophages first accumulate. In the studies presented here, we used immunohistochemical techniques to show that these macrophages exhibit strong localization of transforming growth factor-beta. In the adjacent developing fibrogenic lesions a clear increase in fibronectin staining was demonstrated and morphological analysis indicated a significant increase in amounts of smooth muscle actin. Such studies are essential in furthering our understanding of the distribution of potential mediators of the fibrogenic process and the cellular responses they elicit during the pathogenesis of disease.
Volume 42,
Issue 8,
pp. 1061-1070,
08/01/1994
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J. L. Spees, D. A. Pociask, D. E. Sullivan, M. J. Whitney, J. A. Lasky, D. J. Prockop, and A. R. Brody Engraftment of Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells in a Rat Model of Asbestos-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., August 15, 2007; 176(4): 385 - 394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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U. Bartram and C. P. Speer The Role of Transforming Growth Factor {beta} in Lung Development and Disease Chest, February 1, 2004; 125(2): 754 - 765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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J. Dai, C. Xie, R. Vincent, and A. Churg Air Pollution Particles Produce Airway Wall Remodeling in Rat Tracheal Explants Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., September 1, 2003; 29(3): 352 - 358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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D. M. Brass, J. D. Savov, S. H. Gavett, N. Haykal-Coates, and D. A. Schwartz Subchronic endotoxin inhalation causes persistent airway disease Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, September 1, 2003; 285(3): L755 - L761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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G. S. Warshamana, D. A. Pociask, P. Sime, D. A. Schwartz, and A. R. Brody Susceptibility to Asbestos-Induced and Transforming Growth Factor-{beta}1-Induced Fibroproliferative Lung Disease in Two Strains of Mice Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., December 1, 2002; 27(6): 705 - 713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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J.-Y. Liu, P. J. Sime, T. Wu, G. S. Warshamana, D. Pociask, S.-Y. Tsai, and A. R. Brody Transforming Growth Factor-beta 1 Overexpression in Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Receptor Knockout Mice Induces Fibroproliferative Lung Disease Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., July 1, 2001; 25(1): 3 - 7. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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J. Dai and A. Churg Relationship of Fiber Surface Iron and Active Oxygen Species to Expression of Procollagen, PDGF-A, and TGF-{beta}1 in Tracheal Explants Exposed to Amosite Asbestos Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., April 1, 2001; 24(4): 427 - 435. [Abstract] [Full Text] |
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A. Mishra, N. A. Doyle, and W. J. Martin II Bleomycin-Mediated Pulmonary Toxicity . Evidence for a p53-Mediated Response Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., May 1, 2000; 22(5): 543 - 549. [Abstract] [Full Text] |
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R. F. Robledo, S. A. Buder-Hoffmann, A. B. Cummins, E. S. Walsh, D. J. Taatjes, and B. T. Mossman Increased Phosphorylated Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Immunoreactivity Associated with Proliferative and Morphologic Lung Alterations after Chrysotile Asbestos Inhalation in Mice Am. J. Pathol., April 1, 2000; 156(4): 1307 - 1316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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D. W Kamp and S. A Weitzman The molecular basis of asbestos induced lung injury Thorax, July 1, 1999; 54(7): 638 - 652. [Full Text] |
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D. M. Brass, G. W. Hoyle, H. G. Poovey, J.-Y. Liu, and A. R. Brody Reduced Tumor Necrosis Factor-{alpha} and Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 Expression in the Lungs of Inbred Mice that Fail to Develop Fibroproliferative Lesions Consequent to Asbestos Exposure Am. J. Pathol., March 1, 1999; 154(3): 853 - 862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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J.-Y. Liu, D. M. Brass, G. W. Hoyle, and A. R. Brody TNF-{alpha} Receptor Knockout Mice Are Protected from the Fibroproliferative Effects of Inhaled Asbestos Fibers Am. J. Pathol., December 1, 1998; 153(6): 1839 - 1847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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B. T. MOSSMAN and A. CHURG Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Asbestosis and Silicosis Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., May 1, 1997; 157(5): 1666 - 1680. [Full Text] |
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