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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 188, 期 7, 页码 1693-1702出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2018.04.005
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81571914, 81601689, 81772017]
- Bum Center of PLA, Department of Bums and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital
Trauma or burn injuries that affect the deep dermis often produce a hypertrophic scar, which limits patients' joint movement and generates an aesthetic problem. Inflammation is believed to be one of the main pathogenic mechanisms. We found that IL-17 was increased in scar tissues from patients with hypertrophic scar compared with normal skin. Recombinant mouse IL-17 was subcutaneously injected into mice that underwent full-thickness excision surgery to investigate the role of IL-17 in scar formation. Mice stimulated with IL-17 showed aggravated fibrogenesis, delayed wound healing, and increased inflammation. In addition, macrophage infiltration was also increased. According to the results of the Transwell assay, IL-17 promoted macrophage infiltration through an indirect mechanism. After depleting macrophages with clodronate liposomes, the effect of IL-17 disappeared. Levels of monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP) 1, MCP2, and MCP3 (together referred to as MCPs) were increased by IL-17 stimulation. Bindarit (an inhibitor of MCPs) was used to verify the role of MCPs. In addition, the Ly6C-low macrophages were responsible for wound fibrogenesis in mice. In this study, we detected the increased levels of IL-17 for the first time and revealed that IL-17 induced the infiltration of a specific subtype of macrophages to aggravate fibrosis through an MCP-dependent mechanism. Thus, our results provide a better understanding of scar formation and new strategies for scar prevention.
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