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Research ArticleLung Disease
Selective Targeting of TGF-β Activation to Treat Fibroinflammatory Airway Disease
- Shunsuke Minagawa1,*,
- Jianlong Lou2,*,
- Robert I. Seed1,*,
- Anthony Cormier1,
- Shenping Wu3,
- Yifan Cheng3,
- Lynne Murray4,5,
- Ping Tsui4,
- Jane Connor4,
- Ronald Herbst4,
- Cedric Govaerts6,
- Tyren Barker1,
- Stephanie Cambier1,
- Haruhiko Yanagisawa1,
- Amanda Goodsell7,
- Mitsuo Hashimoto1,
- Oliver J. Brand1,
- Ran Cheng1,
- Royce Ma1,
- Kate J. McKnelly1,
- Weihua Wen2,
- Arthur Hill8,
- David Jablons8,
- Paul Wolters7,
- Hideya Kitamura1,
- Jun Araya9,
- Andrea J. Barczak7,
- David J. Erle7,
- Louis F. Reichardt10,
- James D. Marks2,
- Jody L. Baron7 and
- Stephen L. Nishimura1,†
- 1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
- 2Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
- 3The Keck Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
- 4Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
- 5Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK.
- 6Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biological Membranes, University of Brussels, Brussels 1000, Belgium.
- 7Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
- 8Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
- 9Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jikei University, Tokyo 105 8461, Japan.
- 10Genetics, Development, and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
- ↵†Corresponding author. E-mail: stephen.nishimura{at}ucsf.edu
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↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Translational Medicine 18 Jun 2014:
Vol. 6, Issue 241, pp. 241ra79
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008074
Vol. 6, Issue 241, pp. 241ra79
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008074
Shunsuke Minagawa
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Jianlong Lou
2Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Robert I. Seed
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Anthony Cormier
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Shenping Wu
3The Keck Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Yifan Cheng
3The Keck Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Lynne Murray
4Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
5Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK.
Ping Tsui
4Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Jane Connor
4Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Ronald Herbst
4Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Cedric Govaerts
5Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK.
Tyren Barker
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Stephanie Cambier
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Haruhiko Yanagisawa
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Amanda Goodsell
7Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Mitsuo Hashimoto
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Oliver J. Brand
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Ran Cheng
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Royce Ma
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Kate J. McKnelly
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Weihua Wen
2Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Arthur Hill
8Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
David Jablons
8Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Paul Wolters
7Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Hideya Kitamura
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Jun Araya
9Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jikei University, Tokyo 105 8461, Japan.
Andrea J. Barczak
7Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
David J. Erle
7Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Louis F. Reichardt
10Genetics, Development, and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
James D. Marks
2Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Jody L. Baron
7Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
Stephen L. Nishimura
1Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
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