IGF1R deficiency attenuates acute inflammatory response in a bleomycin-induced lung injury mouse model

Abstract IGF1R (Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Receptor) is a tyrosine kinase with pleiotropic cellular functions. IGF activity maintains human lung homeostasis and is implicated in pulmonary diseases such as cancer, ARDS, COPD, asthma and fibrosis. Here we report that lung transcriptome analysis in m...

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Main Authors: Sergio Piñeiro-Hermida, Icíar P. López, Elvira Alfaro-Arnedo, Raquel Torrens, María Iñiguez, Lydia Alvarez-Erviti, Carlos Ruíz-Martínez, José G. Pichel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04561-4