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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
Volume 143, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.10.011
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It was discovered that the transcription factor SNAI1 is overexpressed in the epidermis of patients with systemic sclerosis, and a transgenic mouse model mimicking this expression pattern can induce many clinical features of the human disease. The study found that Mindin protein plays a critical role in fibrogenesis by inducing early inflammatory cytokine production and collagen secretion in resident dermal fibroblasts. Targeting Mindin protein holds promise as an effective therapy for fibrosis.
Systemic sclerosis is a fibrotic disease that initiates in the skin and progresses to internal organs, leading to a poor prognosis. Unraveling the etiology of a chronic, multifactorial disease such as systemic sclerosis has been aided by various animal models that recapitulate certain aspects of the human pathology. We found that the transcription factor SNAI1 is overexpressed in the epidermis of patients with systemic sclerosis, and a transgenic mouse recapitulating this expression pattern is sufficient to induce many clinical features of the human disease. Using this mouse model as a discovery platform, we have uncovered a critical role for the matricellular protein Mindin (SPON2) in fibrogenesis. Mindin is produced by SNAI1 transgenic skin keratinocytes and aids fibrogenesis by inducing early inflammatory cytokine production and collagen secretion in resident dermal fibroblasts. Given the dispensability of Mindin in normal tissue physiology, targeting this protein holds promise as an effective therapy for fibrosis.Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2023) 143, 699e710; doi:10.1016/j.jid.2022.10.011
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