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    American Physiological Society ; 1992
    In:  American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology Vol. 263, No. 4 ( 1992-10-01), p. L487-L494
    In: American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, American Physiological Society, Vol. 263, No. 4 ( 1992-10-01), p. L487-L494
    Abstract: Fibrin gels form within the alveolar and interstitial compartments of the injured lung, and fibroblasts invade and facilitate organization of these transitional gels. We studied the effects of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on fibrinolytic and procoagulant activities of human lung fibroblasts (HLF) to determine their capacity to regulate pulmonary fibrin deposition. Fibrinolytic activity of cell lysates and media (n = 6 HLF cultures) were uniformly depressed by TGF-beta or TNF-alpha. In dose and time-course studies, HLF plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) was increased by TGF-beta, whereas TNF-alpha induced release of PAI-1 into the media. HLF and media urokinase concentrations were depressed by TGF-beta, whereas urokinase was unchanged or increased by TNF-alpha. Tissue plasminogen activator was mainly cell associated and unchanged by TGF-beta or TNF-alpha. HLF antiplasmin activity was not detected. Plasma recalcification times of HLF media were decreased by TNF-alpha but unchanged by TGF-beta. These studies suggest that TGF-beta and TNF-alpha impair the ability of HLF to degrade fibrin by disturbing the balance of HLF plasminogen activators and PAI and that these cytokines concurrently leave unchanged or increase the capacity of HLF to initiate fibrin formation. Cytokines likely to occur in the injured lung induce abnormalities of fibrinolysis in HLF from adults; such abnormalities favor extravascular fibrin deposition, a characteristic feature of alveolitis.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1040-0605 , 1522-1504
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Physiological Society
    Publication Date: 1992
    detail.hit.zdb_id: 1477300-4
    SSG: 12
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