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VIRCHOWS ARCHIV
卷 457, 期 3, 页码 369-380出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-010-0949-x
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Bronchiolitis obliterans; Lung transplantation; Fibrosis; Airway remodelling
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [KFO 123 LTx]
- Integriertes Forschungsund Behandlungszentrum Transplantation (BMBF)
Obliterative airway remodelling is a morphological sequence in a variety of pulmonary diseases. Notably, bronchiolitis obliterans represents one of the key complications of lung transplantation, induced by (immigrating) myofibroblasts. A comparative expression analysis of obliterative airway remodelling in transplanted and non-transplanted patients has not been reported so far. Obliterated and unremodelled airways from explanted lungs (n=19) from patients suffering from chronic allograft dysfunction, infection, graft-versus-host disease and toxic exposure were isolated by laser-assisted microdissection. Airways from lung allografts harvested shortly before and after transplantation (n=4) as well as fibroblastic foci from lungs with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (n=4) served as references. Pre-amplified cDNA was analysed by quantitative real-time RT-PCR for expression of fibrosis, inflammation and apoptosis-associated genes. Composition of infiltrating cells and protein expression were assessed by conventional histology and immunohistochemistry. Bronchiolitis obliter-ans in transplanted patients showed a significant increase of BMP-7 expression (p=0.0141 compared with controls), while TGF-beta 1 and FGF-2 as well as BMP-4 and BMP-7 were up-regulated in fibroblastic foci in interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (p<0.0424 compared with controls). Regarding other fibrosis-associated genes (BMP-6, SMAD-3, CASP-3 and CASP-9, FASLG, NF-KB1, IL-1 and IL-2) as well as cellularity and cellular composition, no significant differences between obliterative airway remodelling in transplanted and non-transplanted patients could be shown. Obliterative airway remodelling in lung allografts and in non-transplanted patients share many morphological and genetic traits. BMPs, especially BMP-7, warrant further investigation as possible markers for the aggravation of airway remodelling.
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