Tubastatin ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis by targeting the TGFβ-PI3K-Akt pathway.

BACKGROUND:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive and fatal disease. Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) alters function and fate of various proteins via deacetylation of lysine residues, and is implicated in TGF-β1-induced EMT (epithelial-mesenchymal transition). However, the role...

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Main Authors: Shigeki Saito, Yan Zhuang, Bin Shan, Svitlana Danchuk, Fayong Luo, Martina Korfei, Andreas Guenther, Joseph A Lasky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5646855?pdf=render