Publication Date:
2014-07-20
Description:
Article MG53 acts as a membrane repair protein in striatal muscle. Here the authors report that MG53 is also expressed in the lung, where it exerts a similar repair function in the context of pulmonary epithelial damage, and show that administration of recombinant MG53 ameliorates lung injury in mice. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms5387 Authors: Yanlin Jia, Ken Chen, Peihui Lin, Gissela Lieber, Miyuki Nishi, Rosalie Yan, Zhen Wang, Yonggang Yao, Yu Li, Bryan A. Whitson, Pu Duann, Haichang Li, Xinyu Zhou, Hua Zhu, Hiroshi Takeshima, John C. Hunter, Robbie L. McLeod, Noah Weisleder, Chunyu Zeng, Jianjie Ma
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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