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SUBMITTER: Krick S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5662572 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krick Stefanie S Baumlin Nathalie N Aller Sheyla Paredes SP Aguiar Carolina C Grabner Alexander A Sailland Juliette J Mendes Eliana E Schmid Andreas A Qi Lixin L David Nicolae V NV Geraghty Patrick P King Gwendalyn G Birket Susan E SE Rowe Steven M SM Faul Christian C Salathe Matthias M
Scientific reports 20171030 1
Chronic inflammation is a hallmark of cystic fibrosis (CF) and associated with increased production of transforming growth factor (TGF) β and interleukin (IL)-8. α-klotho (KL), a transmembrane or soluble protein, functions as a co-receptor for Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) 23, a known pro-inflammatory, prognostic marker in chronic kidney disease. KL is downregulated in airways from COPD patients. We hypothesized that both KL and FGF23 signaling modulate TGF β-induced IL-8 secretion in CF bronch ...[more]