Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Breaking the Bridge
Wiwin Is Effendi, Tatsuya Nagano
Abstract
CTGF is upregulated in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), characterized by the deposition of a pathological extracellular matrix (ECM). Additionally, many omics studies confirmed that aberrant cellular senescence-associated mitochondria dysfunction and metabolic reprogramming had been identified in different IPF lung cells (alveolar epithelial cells, alveolar endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and macrophages). Here, we reviewed the role of the CTGF in IPF lung cells to mediate anomalous senescence-related metabolic mechanisms that support the fibrotic environment in IPF.
Topics & Concepts
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisCTGFPulmonary fibrosisPathologyExtracellular matrixFibrosisSenescenceLungConnective tissueGrowth factorMedicineBiologyCell biologyCancer researchImmunologyInternal medicineReceptorConnective Tissue Growth Factor ResearchSystemic Sclerosis and Related DiseasesPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments