Tissue repair in lung disorders
Författare
Summary, in English
Matrix production by fibroblasts in patients who have undergone lung transplantation and in asthmatic subjects involves both the central and the distal parts of the lung. In lung-transplanted patients, the production of proteoglycans in the distal part was found to be double that in the central part. Versican production was particularly elevated compared to controls. The production of proteoglycans was further correlated with proliferation rate. A common feature of fibroblasts in patients after lung transplantation and asthmatic subjects was that these cells proliferated more slowly than in control subjects. Distally-derived fibroblasts from asthmatic subjects produced more veriscan, were immobile, and had many protrusions. The distal parts of the lungs were also rich in collagen.
A better understanding of fibrocyte and fibroblast function will help us to characterise the mechanisms behind idiopathic pulmonary disease, asthma, obliterative bronchiolitis. This knowledge can then be applied to other types of fibrotic disorders.
Publiceringsår
2009
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Lund University Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Dissertation Series
Volym
2009:122
Fulltext
Dokumenttyp
Doktorsavhandling
Förlag
Lund University: Faculty of Medicine
Ämne
- Respiratory Medicine and Allergy
- Cell and Molecular Biology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Lung Biology
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1652-8220
- ISBN: 978-91-86443-11-5
Försvarsdatum
11 december 2009
Försvarstid
09:00
Försvarsplats
Belfragesalen, D15, BMC, Lund
Opponent
- Gunnar Pejler