ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2024
ADAMTS12 promotes fibrosis by restructuring extracellular matrix to enable activation of injury-responsive fibroblasts.
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- TNFAIP6, an independent prognostic monitor and therapy target, promoted low-grade glioma recurrence and progression via JAK3-STAT6 signaling.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- The ADAMTS family: from extracellular matrix proteases to orchestrators of fibrosis.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- A peptide-based PROTAC targeting FOXM1 suppresses fibrosis-associated hepatocarcinogenesis.Theranostics · 2026Article
- Fibrotic remodeling in the NOD/ShiLtJ mouse model of Sjögren's disease: insights from single-cell transcriptomics and AI-driven ECM quantification.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- PTPN1 Regulation via YBX1-PTBP1 Interaction Promotes Fibroblast Activation and Fibrotic Remodeling in the Lung.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- Stathmin-mediated autophagy drives the differentiation of dermal fibroblast into myofibroblast under TGFβ1 stimulation.Molecular biology reports · 2025Article
- Chlorogenic acid attenuates cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis by downregulating galectin 3.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dynamic single-cell transcriptomic reveals the cellular heterogeneity and a novel fibroblast subpopulation in laryngotracheal stenosis.Biology direct · 2025Article
- Insights into the mechanisms of fibrosis and progressive kidney injury.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2025Article
- ECM remodelling by ADAMTS12 in fibrosis.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2024Article
- Fibrosis uncovered: ADAMTS12 cuts to the core of extracellular matrix drama.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2024Article
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Abstract
Fibrosis represents the uncontrolled replacement of parenchymal tissue with extracellular matrix (ECM) produced by myofibroblasts. While genetic fate-tracing and single-cell RNA-Seq technologies have helped elucidate fibroblast heterogeneity and ontogeny beyond fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation, newly identified fibroblast populations remain ill defined, with respect to both the molecular cues driving their differentiation and their subsequent role in fibrosis. Using an unbiased approach, we identified the metalloprotease ADAMTS12 as a fibroblast-specific gene that is strongly upregulated during active fibrogenesis in humans and mice. Functional in vivo KO studies in mice confirmed that Adamts12 was critical during fibrogenesis in both heart and kidney. Mechanistically, using a combination of spatial transcriptomics and expression of catalytically active or inactive ADAMTS12, we demonstrated that the active protease of ADAMTS12 shaped ECM composition and cleaved hemicentin 1 (HMCN1) to enable the activation and migration of a distinct injury-responsive fibroblast subset defined by aberrant high JAK/STAT signaling.
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