Cadherin-11–mediated adhesion of macrophages to myofibroblasts establishes a profibrotic niche of active TGF-β

Monika Lodyga; Elizabeth Cambridge; Henna M. Karvonen; Pardis Pakshir; Brian Wu; Stellar Boo; Melanie Kiebalo; Riitta Kaarteenaho; Michael Glogauer; Mohit Kapoor; Kjetil Ask; Boris Hinz

doi:10.1126/scisignal.aao3469

Research ArticleFibrosis

Cadherin-11–mediated adhesion of macrophages to myofibroblasts establishes a profibrotic niche of active TGF-β

Monika Lodyga¹,*,
Elizabeth Cambridge¹,*,
Henna M. Karvonen¹,²,
Pardis Pakshir¹,³,
Brian Wu⁴,⁵,
Stellar Boo¹,
Melanie Kiebalo¹,
Riitta Kaarteenaho²,
Michael Glogauer⁶,
Mohit Kapoor⁴,⁵,
Kjetil Ask⁷, and
Boris Hinz ¹,²,⁶,†

¹Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.
²Respiratory Medicine, Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, POB 20, 90029, Oulu, Finland.
³Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.
⁴Department of Surgery and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada.
⁵Arthritis Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.
⁷Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4A6, Canada.

↵†Corresponding author. Email: boris.hinz{at}utoronto.ca

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Signaling 15 Jan 2019:
Vol. 12, Issue 564, eaao3469
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aao3469

Monika Lodyga

Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.

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Elizabeth Cambridge

Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.

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Henna M. Karvonen

Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.Respiratory Medicine, Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, POB 20, 90029, Oulu, Finland.

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Pardis Pakshir

Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.

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Brian Wu

Department of Surgery and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada.Arthritis Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Stellar Boo

Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.

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Melanie Kiebalo

Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.

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Riitta Kaarteenaho

Respiratory Medicine, Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, POB 20, 90029, Oulu, Finland.

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Michael Glogauer

Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.

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Mohit Kapoor

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Kjetil Ask

Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4A6, Canada.

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For correspondence: boris.hinz@utoronto.ca

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