A Potential Link Between Oxidative Stress and Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Systemic Sclerosis

Duong Thi Bich Thuan; Hatem Zayed; Ali H Eid; Haissam Abou-Saleh; Gheyath K Nasrallah; Arduino A Mangoni; Gianfranco Pintus

doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.01985

A Potential Link Between Oxidative Stress and Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Systemic Sclerosis

Duong Thi Bich Thuan, Hatem Zayed, Ali H Eid, Haissam Abou-Saleh, Gheyath K Nasrallah, Arduino A Mangoni, Gianfranco Pintus

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Abstract

Systemic sclerosis (SSc), an autoimmune disease that is associated with a number of genetic and environmental risk factors, is characterized by progressive fibrosis and microvasculature damage in the skin, lungs, heart, digestive system, kidneys, muscles, joints, and nervous system. These abnormalities are associated with altered secretion of growth factor and profibrotic cytokines, such as transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β), interleukin-4 (IL-4), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and connective-tissue growth factor (CTGF). Among the cellular responses to this proinflammatory environment, the endothelial cells phenotypic conversion into activated myofibroblasts, a process known as endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndMT), has been postulated. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) might play a key role in SSs-associated fibrosis and vascular damage by mediating and/or activating TGF-β-induced EndMT, a phenomenon that has been observed in other disease models. In this review, we identified and critically appraised published studies investigating associations ROS and EndMT and the presence of EndMT in SSc, highlighting a potential link between oxidative stress and EndMT in this condition.

Original language	English
Article number	1985
Number of pages	14
Journal	Frontiers in Immunology
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.01985
Publication status	Published - 19 Sep 2018

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© 2018 Thuan, Zayed, Eid, Abou-Saleh, Nasrallah, Mangoni and Pintus. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
Oxidative stress
Reactive oxygen species
Scleroderma
Systemic sclerosis

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A Potential Link Between Oxidative Stress and Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Systemic Sclerosis

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