Targeting CD26/DPP4 in organ fibrosis

Abstract: CD26/DPP4 is an exopeptidase that is expressed as a transmembrane protein in many organs but also present in a circulating soluble form. Beyond its enzymatic and co-stimulatory activity, CD26/DPP4 is involved in the pathogenesis of chronic fibrotic diseases across many organ types, such as liver cirrhosis, kidney and lung fibrosis. Organ fibrosis is associated with a high morbidity and mortality and there are no causative therapies that can effectively attenuate the progress of the disease. Growing evidence suggests that inhibiting CD26/DPP4 can modulate the profibrotic tissue microenvironment and thus reduce fibrotic changes within affected organs.

This review summarizes the role of CD26/DPP4 in fibroproliferative disorders and highlights new opportunities for antifibrotic treatment by CD26/DPP4 inhibition. As a major advantage, CD26/DPP4 inhibitors are in safe and routine clinical use in type 2 diabetes for many years and thus qualify to repurpose them as a promising therapeutic against fibrosis

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
British journal of pharmacology. - 180, 22 (2023) , 2846-2861, ISSN: 1476-5381

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Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2022
Urheber

DOI
10.1111/bph.15967
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2302149
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 13:44 MEZ

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