Research Article

Bleomycin-Treated Chimeric Thy1-Deficient Mice with Thy1-Deficient Myofibroblasts and Thy-Positive Lymphocytes Resolve Inflammation without Affecting the Fibrotic Response

Table 3

Pathways involved in myofibroblast proliferation, differentiation, and interaction with the ECM and immune system that are affected by Thy1.

CategoryPathwayGene nameFold

ProliferationCell cycle Anaphase promoting complex subunit 2−1.19
Cyclin D2−1.02
CDC23 (cell division cycle 23 yeast homology)−1.13
Transformed mouse 3T3 cell double minute 2−1.22
MAPK signaling pathway RIKEN cDNA 1500003O03 gene−1.03
Thymoma viral proto-oncogene 2−1.12
Activating transcription factor 4−1.1
Filamin C, gamma (actin binding protein 280)−1.05
Protein phosphatase 1B, magnesium dependent, β isoform−1.06
v-raf-leukemia viral oncogene 1−1.07
Serine/theonine kinase 3 (Ste20, yeast homolog)−1.2
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1−1.13
Insulin signaling pathway RIKEN cDNA 4932417H02 gene−1.22
Thymoma viral proto-oncogene 2−1.12
Brain glycogen phosphorylase−1.37
v-raf-leukemia viral oncogene 1−1.07
Sorbin and SH3 domain containing 1−1.46
TGFβ signaling pathway Activin receptor IIA−1.16
Protein phosphatase 2−1.19
Thrombospondin 1−1
Receptors Angiotensin receptor like 1−1.85

ECM production and interactionFocal adhesion Thymoma viral proto-oncogene 2−1.12
Caveolin, caveolae protein 1−1.13
Cyclin D2−1.02
Collagen, type I, alpha 1−1.02
Collagen, type IV, alpha 1−1.12
Filamin C, gamma (actin bineing protein 280)−1.05
Integrin beta 1 (fibronectin receptor beta)−1.04
Laminin, alpha 2−1.22
v-raf-leukemia viral oncogene 1−1.07
Thrombonspondin 1−1.19
Talin 1−1.17
vav 1 oncogene−1.59
Vinculin−1.3
ECM receptor interaction Collagen, type I, alpha 1−1.02
Collagen, type VI, alpha 1−1.12
Dystroglycan 1−1.33
Integrin beta 1 (fibronectin receptor beta)−1.04
Laminn, alpha 2−1.22

Myofibroblast differentiationRegulation of actin cytoskeleton Actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta−1.54
Cofilin 1, non-muscle−1.35
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1−1.13
Guanine nucleotide binding protein, alpha 13−1.2
Integrin beta 1 (fibronectin receptor beta)−1.04
v-raf-leukemia viral oncogene 1−1.07
vav 1 oncogene−1.59
Vinculin−1.3
Differentiation MyoD1−1.83
Pax 7−1.89

Inflammation and immunological functionHematopoietic cell lineage CD4 antigen1.280914
CD8 antigen, alpha chain1.74495
Antigen processing and presentation Interferon alpha 131.57917
Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction Small chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 111.913514
Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 171.571759
Chemokine (C-X3-C motif) ligand 11.0517
Interferon alpha 131.57917
Nerve GFR (TNFR superfamily member 16)1.451481
Nos22.31
Interleukin-1 receptor−1
FasL1.71
Interleukin-17 receptor−1.2
Cytokine receptor like−1.17

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