Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10870503 | FEBS Letters | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
It is well established that glucocorticoids elevate the production of fibroblast-pneumocyte factor (FPF), which induces type II cells to synthesize surfactant phospholipids. FPF, however, has not been identified and it is not clear whether it is a single factor or a complex mixture of factors. In this study it has been shown that, when lung fibroblasts are exposed to dexamethasone, the concentration of neuregulin-1β (NRG1β) in conditioned medium is elevated 2-fold (P < 0.05), even though NRG1β gene expression is unaffected. This, together with the finding that exposure of type II cells to NRG1β directly stimulates by 3-fold the rate of phospholipid synthesis (P < 0.05), suggests that NRG1β is a component of FPF that promotes lung development.
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Authors
George King, Garth L. Maker, David Berryman, Robert D. Trengove, Max H. Cake,