Caveolin-1–derived peptide limits development of pulmonary fibrosis

• DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aat2848
• Publication Date: 2019-12-12T00:15:41Z
• Authors: Amarnath Satheesh...; Yashodhar Prabhak...; Liang Fan; Vijay Radhakrishnan; BreAnne MacKenzie; Esther Maier; Shwetha Kumari Sh...; M.R. Nagaraja; Venkadesaperumal ...; Nivedita Tiwari; Yajie Zhang; Alan B. Watts; Robert O. Williams; Gerald J Criner; Sudhir Bolla; Nathaniel Marchetti; Steven Idell; Sreerama Shetty
• Keywords: Caveolin 1

CSP7, a caveolin-1–derived peptide, targets injured alveolar epithelial cells and activated lung fibroblasts to mitigate pulmonary fibrosis.