Minrui Liang, Nicholas Dickel, Andrea-Hermina Györfi, Bilgesu SafakTümerdem, Yi-Nan Li, Aleix Rius Rigau, Chunguang Liang, Xuezhi Hong, Lichong Shen, Alexandru-Emil Matei, Thuong Trinh-Minh, Cuong Tran-Manh, Xiang Zhou, Ariella Zehender, Alexander Kreuter, Hejian Zou, Georg Schett, Meik Kunz, Jörg H W Distler
Fibrotic diseases impose a major socioeconomic challenge on modern societies and have limited treatment options. Adropin, a peptide hormone encoded by the energy homeostasis-associated ( ENHO ) gene, is implicated in metabolism and vascular homeostasis, but its role in the pathogenesis of fibrosis remains enigmatic. Here, we used machine learning approaches in combination with functional in vitro and in vivo experiments to characterize adropin as a potential regulator involved in fibroblast activation and tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc)...
March 27, 2024: Science Translational Medicine