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Alternatively activated macrophages promote pancreatic fibrosis in chronic pancreatitis

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Xue, Jing, Sharma, Vishal, Hsieh, Michael H., Chawla, Ajay, Murali, Ramachandran, Pandol, Stephen J., Habtezion, Aida·2015·Nature Communications
DOI 10.1038/ncomms8158
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Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive and irreversible inflammatory and fibrotic disease with no cure. Unlike acute pancreatitis (AP), we find that alternatively activated macrophages (AAMs) are dominant in mouse and human CP. AAMs are dependent on interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 signalling, and we show that mice lacking IL-4Rα, myeloid-specific IL-4Rα and IL-4/IL-13 were less susceptible to pancreatic fibrosis. Furthermore, we demonstrate that mouse and human pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) are a source of IL-4/IL-13. Notably, we show that pharmacologic inhibition of IL-4/IL-13 in human ex vivo studies as well as in established mouse CP decreases pancreatic AAMs and fibrosis. We identify a critical role for macrophages in pancreatic fibrosis and in turn PSCs as important inducers of macrophage-alternative activation. Our study challenges and identifies pathways involved in crosstalk between macrophages and PSCs that can be targeted to reverse or halt pancreatic fibrosis progression. Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease accompanied by fibrosis. Here the authors show that pancreatic stellate cells produce IL-4 and IL-13 that trigger alternative activation of macrophages, and that genetic or pharmacological inhibition of IL-4/IL-13 signaling ameliorates the disease.

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Authors
Xue, J., Sharma, V., Hsieh, M. H., Chawla, A., Murali, R., Pandol, S. J., & Habtezion, A.
Venue
Nature Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-05-18
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
7158-7158
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/ncomms8158
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W335152085
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362
References
42
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25.15
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journal article
Language
en
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Xue, J., Sharma, V., Hsieh, M. H., Chawla, A., Murali, R., Pandol, S. J., & Habtezion, A. (2015). Alternatively activated macrophages promote pancreatic fibrosis in chronic pancreatitis. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8158

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