Epithelial SLC39A1 prevents acute lung injury through zinc-mediated transcriptional activation of autophagy in male mice

J Jun Zhang K Kun Zhang Y Yishi Li L Lejiao Mao (Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University) G Ge Xu Y Yinzhen Fan H Hong Ling N Na Li Z Zhihui Liu S Shuliang Guo C Chengzhi Chen (Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University) Z Zhen Zou (State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published April 27, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (12)

J

Jun Zhang

K

Kun Zhang

Y

Yishi Li

L

Lejiao Mao

Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University

G

Ge Xu

Y

Yinzhen Fan

H

Hong Ling

N

Na Li

Z

Zhihui Liu

S

Shuliang Guo

C

Chengzhi Chen

Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University

Z

Zhen Zou

State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences