Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Myh10 deficiency leads to defective extracellular matrix remodeling and pulmonary disease

  • Hyun-Taek Kim,
  • Wenguang Yin,
  • Young-June Jin,
  • Paolo Panza,
  • Felix Gunawan,
  • Beate Grohmann,
  • Carmen Buettner,
  • Anna M. Sokol,
  • Jens Preussner,
  • Stefan Guenther,
  • Sawa Kostin,
  • Clemens Ruppert,
  • Aditya M. Bhagwat,
  • Xuefei Ma,
  • Johannes Graumann,
  • Mario Looso,
  • Andreas Guenther,
  • Robert S. Adelstein,
  • Stefan Offermanns,
  • Didier Y. R. Stainier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06833-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Abnormal alveolar development and homeostasis are common features of pulmonary disease. Here the authors show that Myh10 expression is reduced in emphysema patients, and that Myh10 loss of function impairs alveolar formation and lung morphogenesis via upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase activity and altered matrix remodeling.