Fibroblast-enriched endoplasmic reticulum protein TXNDC5 promotes pulmonary fibrosis by augmenting TGFβ signaling through TGFBR1 stabilization

oleh: Tzu-Han Lee, Chih-Fan Yeh, Ying-Tung Lee, Ying-Chun Shih, Yen-Ting Chen, Chen-Ting Hung, Ming-Yi You, Pei-Chen Wu, Tzu-Pin Shentu, Ru-Ting Huang, Yu-Shan Lin, Yueh-Feng Wu, Sung-Jan Lin, Frank-Leigh Lu, Po-Nien Tsao, Tzu-Hung Lin, Shen-Chuan Lo, Yi-Shuan Tseng, Wan-Lin Wu, Chiung-Nien Chen, Chau-Chung Wu, Shuei-Liong Lin, Anne I. Sperling, Robert D. Guzy, Yun Fang, Kai-Chien Yang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-08-01

Deskripsi

Pulmonary fibrosis is a major public health problem with unclear mechanism and limited therapeutic options. Here the authors show that a fibroblast-enriched endoplasmic reticulum protein, TXNDC5, promotes pulmonary fibrosis by stabilizing TGFBR1 and show the potential of TXNDC5 as a therapeutic target against pulmonary fibrosis.