1.
Raghu G, Collard HR, Egan JJ, Martinez FJ, Behr J, Brown KK, et al. An official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT
statement: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and management. Am J
Respir Crit Care Med. 2011; 183: 788–824. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.2009-040GL PMID: 21471066
2.
Ley B, Collard HR, King TE. Clinical course and prediction of survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011; 183: 431–40. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201006-0894CI PMID:
20935110
3.
King TE, Bradford WZ, Castro-Bernardini S, Fagan EA, Glaspole I, Glassberg MK, et al. A phase 3 trial
of pirfenidone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. N Engl J Med. 2014; 370: 2083–92. https://
doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1402582 PMID: 24836312
4.
Richeldi L. Treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. N Engl J Med. 2014; 371: 783. https://doi.org/
10.1056/NEJMc1407776
5.
Richeldi L, du Bois RM, Raghu G, Azuma A, Brown KK, Costabel U, et al. Efficacy and safety of nintedanib in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. N Engl J Med. 2014; 370: 2071–82. https://doi.org/10.1056/
NEJMoa1402584 PMID: 24836310
6.
Noble PW, Albera C, Bradford WZ, Costabel U, Glassberg MK, Kardatzke D, et al. Pirfenidone in
patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (CAPACITY): two randomised trials. Lancet (London,
England). 2011; 377: 1760–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60405-4 PMID: 21571362
7.
Azuma A, Nukiwa T, Tsuboi E, Suga M, Abe S, Nakata K, et al. Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of
pirfenidone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005; 171: 1040–
7. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200404-571OC PMID: 15665326
8.
Albera C, Costabel U, Fagan EA, Glassberg MK, Gorina E, Lancaster L, et al. Efficacy of pirfenidone in
patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with more preserved lung function. Eur Respir J. 2016; 48:
843–51. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01966-2015 PMID: 27471208
9.
Aravena C, Labarca G, Venegas C, Arenas A, Rada G. Pirfenidone for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS One. 2015; 10: e0136160. https://doi.org/10.1371/
journal.pone.0136160 PMID: 26308723
10.
Guiot J, Moermans C, Henket M, Corhay J-L, Louis R. Blood Biomarkers in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Lung. 2017; 195: 273–280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-017-9993-5 PMID: 28353114
11.
Drakopanagiotakis F, Wujak L, Wygrecka M, Markart P. Biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Matrix Biol. 2018; 68–69: 404–421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2018.01.023 PMID: 29408012
12.
Horimasu Y, Ishikawa N, Taniwaki M, Yamaguchi K, Hamai K, Iwamoto H, et al. Gene expression profiling of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs): identification of potential diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets. BMC Med Genet. 2017; 18: 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12881-017-0449-9 PMID: 28821283
13.
Dinarello CA, Novick D, Kim S, Kaplanski G. Interleukin-18 and IL-18 binding protein. Front Immunol.
2013; 4: 289. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00289 PMID: 24115947
14.
Zhang L-M, Zhang Y, Fei C, Zhang J, Wang L, Yi Z-W, et al. Neutralization of IL-18 by IL-18 binding protein ameliorates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis via inhibition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019; 508: 660–666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.11.129
PMID: 30527805
15.
Hoshino T, Okamoto M, Sakazaki Y, Kato S, Young HA, Aizawa H. Role of proinflammatory cytokines
IL-18 and IL-1beta in bleomycin-induced lung injury in humans and mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol.
2009; 41: 661–70. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2008-0182OC PMID: 19265174
16.
Kitasato Y, Hoshino T, Okamoto M, Kato S, Koda Y, Nagata N, et al. Enhanced expression of interleukin-18 and its receptor in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2004; 31: 619–25.
https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2003-0306OC PMID: 15308504
17.
Zhang L-M, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Fei C, Wang L, Yi Z-W, et al. Interleukin-18 promotes fibroblast senescence in pulmonary fibrosis through down-regulating Klotho expression. Biomed Pharmacother. 2019;
113: 108756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2019.108756 PMID: 30870716
18.
Raghu G, Remy-Jardin M, Myers J, Richeldi L, Wilson KC. The 2018 Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary
Fibrosis Guidelines: Surgical Lung Biopsy for Radiological Pattern of Probable Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Is Not Mandatory. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019; 200: 1089–1092. https://doi.org/10.1164/
rccm.201907-1324ED PMID: 31498684
19.
Fujita K, Ewing CM, Isaacs WB, Pavlovich CP. Immunomodulatory IL-18 binding protein is produced by
prostate cancer cells and its levels in urine and serum correlate with tumor status. Int J cancer. 2011;
129: 424–32. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.25705 PMID: 20878981
20.
Ji Q, Zeng Q, Huang Y, Shi Y, Lin Y, Lu Z, et al. Elevated plasma IL-37, IL-18, and IL-18BP concentrations in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Mediators Inflamm. 2014; 2014: 165742. https://doi.org/
10.1155/2014/165742 PMID: 24733959
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252594 June 4, 2021
14 / 15
PLOS ONE
IL-18 BP as a prognostic biomarker for IPF
21.
Watanabe M, Horimasu Y, Iwamoto H, Yamaguchi K, Sakamoto S, Masuda T, et al. C-C Motif Chemokine
Ligand 15 May Be a Useful Biomarker for Predicting the Prognosis of Patients with Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. Respiration. 2019; 98: 212–220. https://doi.org/10.1159/000500576 PMID: 31416084
22.
Lee R, Reese C, Bonner M, Tourkina E, Hajdu Z, Riemer EC, et al. Bleomycin delivery by osmotic minipump: similarity to human scleroderma interstitial lung disease. Am J Physiol Cell Mol Physiol. 2014;
306: L736–L748. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00210.2013 PMID: 24583879
23.
Hattori N, Degen JL, Sisson TH, Liu H, Moore BB, Pandrangi RG, et al. Bleomycin-induced pulmonary
fibrosis in fibrinogen-null mice. J Clin Invest. 2000; 106: 1341–50. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI10531
PMID: 11104787
24.
Izumi Y, Nakashima T, Masuda T, Shioya S, Fukuhara K, Yamaguchi K, et al. Suplatast tosilate reduces
radiation-induced lung injury in mice through suppression of oxidative stress. Free Radic Biol Med.
2019; 136: 52–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.03.024 PMID: 30930296
25.
Shioya S, Masuda T, Senoo T, Horimasu Y, Miyamoto S, Nakashima T, et al. Plasminogen activator
inhibitor-1 serves an important role in radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Exp Ther Med. 2018; 16:
3070–3076. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6550 PMID: 30214528
26.
Ha CT, Li X, Fu D, Xiao M. Circulating IL-18 Binding Protein (IL-18BP) and IL-18 as Dual Biomarkers of
Total-Body Irradiation in Mice. Radiat Res. 2016; 185: 375–83. https://doi.org/10.1667/RR14238.1
PMID: 27023262
27.
Fix C, Bingham K, Carver W. Effects of interleukin-18 on cardiac fibroblast function and gene expression. Cytokine. 2011; 53: 19–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2010.10.002 PMID: 21050772
28.
Platis A, Yu Q, Moore D, Khojeini E, Tsau P, Larson D. The effect of daily administration of IL-18 on cardiac structure and function. Perfusion. 2008; 23: 237–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267659108101511
PMID: 19181757
29.
Xing S-S, Bi X-P, Tan H-W, Zhang Y, Xing Q-C, Zhang W. Overexpression of interleukin-18 aggravates
cardiac fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction in fructose-fed rats. Mol Med. 16: 465–70. https://doi.org/10.
2119/molmed.2010.00028 PMID: 20644901
30.
Yu Q, Vazquez R, Khojeini EV, Patel C, Venkataramani R, Larson DF. IL-18 induction of osteopontin
mediates cardiac fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction in mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2009; 297:
H76–85. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.01285.2008 PMID: 19429811
31.
Reddy VS, Harskamp RE, van Ginkel MW, Calhoon J, Baisden CE, Kim I-S, et al. Interleukin-18 stimulates fibronectin expression in primary human cardiac fibroblasts via PI3K-Akt-dependent NF-kappaB
activation. J Cell Physiol. 2008; 215: 697–707. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.21348 PMID: 18064631
32.
Paulukat J, Bosmann M, Nold M, Garkisch S, Ka¨mpfer H, Frank S, et al. Expression and release of IL18 binding protein in response to IFN-gamma. J Immunol. 2001; 167: 7038–43. https://doi.org/10.4049/
jimmunol.167.12.7038 PMID: 11739524
33.
Mo¨ller B, Paulukat J, Nold M, Behrens M, Kukoc-Zivojnov N, Kaltwasser JP, et al. Interferon-gamma
induces expression of interleukin-18 binding protein in fibroblast-like synoviocytes. Rheumatology
(Oxford). 2003; 42: 442–5. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keg146 PMID: 12626794
34.
Veenstra KG, Jonak ZL, Trulli S, Gollob JA. IL-12 induces monocyte IL-18 binding protein expression
via IFN-gamma. J Immunol. 2002; 168: 2282–7. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.168.5.2282 PMID:
11859116
35.
Mu¨hl H, Ka¨mpfer H, Bosmann M, Frank S, Radeke H, Pfeilschifter J. Interferon-gamma mediates gene
expression of IL-18 binding protein in nonleukocytic cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2000; 267:
960–3. https://doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.1999.2064 PMID: 10673399
36.
Nakanishi K, Yoshimoto T, Tsutsui H, Okamura H. Interleukin-18 is a unique cytokine that stimulates
both Th1 and Th2 responses depending on its cytokine milieu. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2001; 12:
53–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1359-6101(00)00015-0 PMID: 11312119
37.
Zhang L-M, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Wang L, Fei C, Yi Z-W, et al. Interleukin-18 binding protein attenuates
lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in mice via suppression NF-κB and activation Nrf2 pathway. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018; 505: 837–842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.09.193
PMID: 30301527
¨ , Toktaş M, et al. The effects of IL-18BP on mRNA expresGo¨nu¨l Y, Genc¸ A, Ahsen A, Bal A, Hazman O
sion of inflammatory cytokines and apoptotic genes in renal injury induced by infrarenal aortic occlusion.
J Surg Res. 2016; 202: 33–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2015.12.026 PMID: 27083945
38.
39.
Kim MS, Baek AR, Lee JH, Jang AS, Kim DJ, Chin SS, et al. IL-37 Attenuates Lung Fibrosis by Inducing
Autophagy and Regulating TGF-β1 Production in Mice. J Immunol. 2019; 203: 2265–2275. https://doi.
org/10.4049/jimmunol.1801515 PMID: 31519861
40.
Tissue expression of IL18BP—The Human Protein Atlas. [cited 15 Mar 2021]. Available: https://www.
proteinatlas.org/ENSG00000137496-IL18BP/tissue
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252594 June 4, 2021
15 / 15
...