Muc5b overexpression causes mucociliary dysfunction and enhances lung fibrosis in mice

Muc5b overexpression causes mucociliary dysfunction and enhances lung fibrosis in mice

The promoter variant rs35705950 confers a gain of function to the MUC5B gene and is the dominant risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Here the authors show that mice overexpressing Muc5b in distal airspaces show impaired mucociliary clearance and increased susceptibility to bleomycin-induc...

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Main Authors: Laura A. Hancock, Corinne E. Hennessy, George M. Solomon, Evgenia Dobrinskikh, Alani Estrella, Naoko Hara, David B. Hill, William J. Kissner, Matthew R. Markovetz, Diane E. Grove Villalon, Matthew E. Voss, Guillermo J. Tearney, Kate S. Carroll, Yunlong Shi, Marvin I. Schwarz, William R. Thelin, Steven M. Rowe, Ivana V. Yang, Christopher M. Evans, David A. Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07768-9

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07768-9

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