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- Title
Aerosolized Thyroid Hormone Prevents Radiation Induced Lung Fibrosis.
- Authors
Li, Long; Nie, Xiaoqi; Yi, Minxiao; Qin, Wan; Li, Fang; Wu, Bili; Yuan, Xianglin
- Abstract
Radiation induced lung fibrosis (RILF) is a common late complication after radiotherapy without effective treatment. Thyroid hormone (TH) is known to reverse bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in recent study. We therefore sought to examine TH effect in RILF. Aerosolized TH delivery prevented pulmonary fibrosis according to either micro-computed tomography scans or histological evaluations, without significant changes in serum THs in a murine model of RILF by attenuating TGF-β1 and phosphorylated Smad2/3 expressions and reducing the accumulation of M2-like macrophages. Furthermore, hypothyroidism was significantly correlated with RILF in a retrospectively analyzed data from nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated by intensity-modulated radiation therapy with a median follow-up time of 25.5 months. Together, aerosolized TH may prevent RILF by inhibiting the TGF-β1/SMADs signaling pathway.
- Subjects
PULMONARY fibrosis; THYROID hormones; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; HYPOTHYROIDISM
- Publication
Frontiers in Oncology, 2020, Vol 10, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2234-943X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fonc.2020.528686