内皮细胞中的Rap2a无活化通过通过MAP4K4-VCAM1信号调节免疫微环境来预防肺纤维化

Xiaolan Zheng1, Peng Yue1, Kaiyu Zhou1

  • 1Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

概括

异形性肺纤维化 (IPF) 涉及肺部痕和炎症. 研究人员发现,内皮细胞中的Rap2a蛋白驱动这个过程,这表明它是肺纤维化潜在的治疗点.