CaMKII inhibition in type II pneumocytes protects from bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by preventing Ca2+dependent apoptosis

AUTHORS: Christopher J. Winters, Olha Koval, Shubha Murthy, Chantal Allamargot, Sara C. Sebag, John D. Paschke, Omar A. Jaffer, A. Brent Carter, Isabella M. Grumbach JOURNAL: American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 1 January 2016, 310(1):L86-L94 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00132.2015 Abstract: The calcium and calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) translates increases in intracellular Ca2+ […]