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SUBMITTER: Ahuja S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4888554 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ahuja Saket S Knudsen Lars L Chillappagari Shashi S Henneke Ingrid I Ruppert Clemens C Korfei Martina M Gochuico Bernadette R BR Bellusci Saverio S Seeger Werner W Ochs Matthias M Guenther Andreas A Mahavadi Poornima P
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 20151230 6
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, and some patients with HPS develop pulmonary fibrosis, known as HPS-associated interstitial pneumonia (HPSIP). We have previously reported that HPSIP is associated with severe surfactant accumulation, lysosomal stress, and alveolar epithelial cell type II (AECII) apoptosis. Here, we hypothesized that defective autophagy might result in excessive lysosomal stress in HPSIP. Key autophagy proteins, including LC3B lipidation and ...[more]