Journal
CELLS
Volume 11, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells11192938
Keywords
lung regeneration; IPF; HIFs; hypoxia
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- CONACYT [51219, 194162]
- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas
- Faculty of Sciences of Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genomica
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This review focuses on the impact of hypoxia on the pathophysiology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), particularly in lung development, regeneration, and repair. The study finds that HIF-1α and HIF-2α have different roles in the acute and chronic phases of hypoxia response, with HIF-2α being involved in persistent aberrant regeneration associated with IPF development.
Hypoxia and hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are essential in regulating several cellular processes, such as survival, differentiation, and the cell cycle; this adaptation is orchestrated in a complex way. In this review, we focused on the impact of hypoxia in the physiopathology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) related to lung development, regeneration, and repair. There is robust evidence that the responses of HIF-1 alpha and -2 alpha differ; HIF-1 alpha participates mainly in the acute phase of the response to hypoxia, and HIF-2 alpha in the chronic phase. The analysis of their structure and of different studies showed a high specificity according to the tissue and the process involved. We propose that hypoxia-inducible transcription factor 2a (HIF-2 alpha) is part of the persistent aberrant regeneration associated with developing IPF.
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