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Yang CY, Shih YH, Lung CC. The association between COVID-19 vaccine/infection and new-onset asthma in children - based on the global TriNetX database. Infection 2024:10.1007/s15010-024-02329-3. [PMID: 38904891 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02329-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of its potential long-term health effects, including its link to new-onset asthma in children. Asthma significantly impacts children's health, causing adverse outcomes and increased absenteeism. Emerging evidence suggests a potential association between COVID-19 infection and higher rates of new-onset asthma in adults, raising concerns about its impact on children's respiratory health. METHODS A retrospective cohort study design was employed, using electronic medical records from the TriNetX database, covering January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2022. Two cohorts of children aged 5 to 18 who underwent SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing were analyzed: unvaccinated children with and without COVID-19 infection, and vaccinated children with and without infection. Propensity score matching was used to mitigate selection bias, and hazard ratio (HR) and 95% CI were calculated to assess the risk of new-onset asthma. RESULTS Our study found a significantly higher incidence of new-onset asthma in COVID-19 infected children compared to uninfected children, regardless of vaccination status. In Cohort 1, 4.7% of COVID-19 infected children without vaccination developed new-onset asthma, versus 2.0% in their non-COVID-19 counterparts within a year (HR = 2.26; 95% CI = 2.158-2.367). For Cohort 2, COVID-19 infected children with vaccination showed an 8.3% incidence of new-onset asthma, higher than the 3.1% in those not infected (HR = 2.745; 95% CI = 2.521-2.99). Subgroup analyses further identified higher risks in males, children aged 5-12 years, and Black or African American children. Sensitivity analyses confirmed the reliability of these findings. CONCLUSION The study highlights a strong link between COVID-19 infection and an increased risk of new-onset asthma in children, which is even more marked in those vaccinated. This emphasizes the critical need for ongoing monitoring and customized healthcare strategies to mitigate the long-term respiratory impacts of COVID-19 in children, advocating for thorough strategies to manage and prevent asthma amidst the pandemic.
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- Chiao-Yu Yang
- Department of Occupational Health Nursing Center, Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan
- Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec. 1 Jianguo N.Rd., Taichung City, 40201, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec. 1 Jianguo N.Rd., Taichung City, 40201, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec. 1 Jianguo N.Rd., Taichung City, 40201, Taiwan.
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan.
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan.
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Laitano R, Calzetta L, Motta E, Puxeddu E, Rogliani P. Role of exosomes in exacerbations of asthma and COPD: a systematic review. Front Mol Biosci 2024; 11:1356328. [PMID: 38957448 PMCID: PMC11217169 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1356328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are chronic respiratory disorders characterized by airways obstruction and chronic inflammation. Exacerbations lead to worsening of symptoms and increased airflow obstruction in both airways diseases, and they are associated with increase in local and systemic inflammation. Exosomes are cell-derived membrane vesicles containing proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids that reflect their cellular origin. Through the transfer of these molecules, exosomes act as mediators of intercellular communication. Via selective delivery of their contents to target cells, exosomes have been proved to be involved in regulation of immunity and inflammation. Although, exosomes have been extensively investigated in different diseases, little is currently known about their role in asthma and COPD pathogenesis, and particularly in exacerbations. This review aims to systemically assess the potential role of exosomes in asthma and COPD exacerbations.
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- Rossella Laitano
- Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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Mohanty M, Mishra B, Dwibedi B, Das RR, Panda S, Santra D, Mandal MC, Mamidi P, Gulla KM. Pathogenic Role of Human Rhinovirus Mono-Infection in Pediatric Lower Respiratory Tract Infection. Cureus 2024; 16:e60032. [PMID: 38854190 PMCID: PMC11162601 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.60032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024] Open
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Background and objective Human rhinovirus (HRV) is one of the leading causes of pediatric respiratory tract infection with a prevalence rate of 30-50%, mostly affecting children below five years of age and causing a substantial amount of economic loss. In children, it can alone or as a co-infection, cause a wide range of symptoms from mild to life-threatening ones. With the above background, the current study was carried out to emphasize the role of HRV mono-infection in pediatric acute respiratory tract infections by correlating clinical and molecular laboratory findings. Methods This study was carried out in a tertiary care teaching hospital over a duration of four years (March 2019-October 2023). Children up to 14 years of age visiting the outpatient department or admitted to the ward with diagnoses of acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) were included. The clinical and laboratory data were retrieved and analyzed. A nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) or throat swab (TS) was collected and sent to the Microbiology laboratory maintaining the cold chain. Nucleic acid was extracted and subjected to multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Result Of the 245 samples tested for the respiratory viral pathogen, 52 samples tested positive for HRV, of which 27 had HRV mono-infection. The clinico-demographic details of these 27 patients were studied in detail. The majority of the cases (24/27; 88.8%) were less than five years of age. Fever and shortness of breath were the most consistent symptoms in all. Nineteen (19/27; 62.9%) HRV mono-infection cases had underlying co-morbidities, all requiring respiratory support. The HRV mono-infection cases either developed bronchiolitis, lower respiratory tract infection, or pneumonia. All mono-infection cases had cycle threshold value (Ct) < 25, while the Ct value of HRV was > 30 in co-infection with other viruses. Conclusion Mono-infection of HRV in under-five children with underlying comorbidities and a lesser Ct value indicates severe disease manifestation and should be dealt with more cautiously.
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- Monalisa Mohanty
- Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND
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- Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND
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- Pediatric Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND
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- Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND
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- Virology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND
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- Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND
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- Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND
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- Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND
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- Pediatric Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, IND
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Collaro AJ, McElrea MS, Marchant JM, Chatfield MD, Sondergeld P, Perret JL, Vicendese D, Anuntaseree W, Dharmage SC, Chang AB. The effect of early childhood respiratory infections and pneumonia on lifelong lung function: a systematic review. THE LANCET. CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH 2023; 7:429-440. [PMID: 37037210 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(23)00030-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Early childhood respiratory infections, including pneumonia, are an important global public health issue, with more than 40 million annual cases resulting in approximately 650 000 deaths. A growing number of published studies have examined the effects of early childhood lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) or pneumonia on lung function, particularly as part of large early-life exposure studies. To our knowledge, there is no published systematic review of these data. We searched PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science for studies published between database inception and May 12, 2022. Case-control, cohort, and cross-sectional studies were included if they reported forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) or forced vital capacity (FVC) values of participants older than 5 years. Article titles and abstracts were screened in Rayyan before retrieval, assessment, and data extraction of the full text. Primary outcome measures were differences in mean FEV1 or FVC values between exposed groups (ie, children aged ≤5 years with LRTIs) and non-exposed groups. This study is registered with PROSPERO, CRD42021265295. Database searches yielded 3070 articles, and 14 studies were included in this systematic review, providing a total of 23 276 participants, including 9969 children and 13 307 adults. Eight of 14 articles reported significant reductions in FEV1 values, and six of 12 studies reported reductions in FVC values in children and adults with a history of early childhood LRTIs or pneumonia, compared with unexposed controls (p<0·05). Most studies reporting reductions in lung function described deficits consistent with a restrictive spirometry pattern. Only two of 14 studies reported data from low-income and middle-income countries or disadvantaged populations in middle-income and high-income countries, and there were scarce data available on the effect of LRTI severity and recurrence on lung function. LRTIs in early childhood could be associated with a restrictive spirometry pattern in later childhood and adulthood. Data are needed from low-income and middle-income nations, and from disadvantaged populations in middle-income and high-income countries in which early childhood respiratory infection burden is disproportionately high. Data are also needed on the effect of LRTI severity and recurrence on future lung function.
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- Andrew J Collaro
- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Library, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
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Real-Hohn A, Groznica M, Kontaxis G, Zhu R, Chaves OA, Vazquez L, Hinterdorfer P, Kowalski H, Blaas D. Stabilization of the Quadruplex-Forming G-Rich Sequences in the Rhinovirus Genome Inhibits Uncoating-Role of Na + and K . Viruses 2023; 15:1003. [PMID: 37112983 PMCID: PMC10141139 DOI: 10.3390/v15041003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Rhinoviruses (RVs) are the major cause of common cold, a respiratory disease that generally takes a mild course. However, occasionally, RV infection can lead to serious complications in patients debilitated by other ailments, e.g., asthma. Colds are a huge socioeconomic burden as neither vaccines nor other treatments are available. The many existing drug candidates either stabilize the capsid or inhibit the viral RNA polymerase, the viral proteinases, or the functions of other non-structural viral proteins; however, none has been approved by the FDA. Focusing on the genomic RNA as a possible target for antivirals, we asked whether stabilizing RNA secondary structures might inhibit the viral replication cycle. These secondary structures include G-quadruplexes (GQs), which are guanine-rich sequence stretches forming planar guanine tetrads via Hoogsteen base pairing with two or more of them stacking on top of each other; a number of small molecular drug candidates increase the energy required for their unfolding. The propensity of G-quadruplex formation can be predicted with bioinformatics tools and is expressed as a GQ score. Synthetic RNA oligonucleotides derived from the RV-A2 genome with sequences corresponding to the highest and lowest GQ scores indeed exhibited characteristics of GQs. In vivo, the GQ-stabilizing compounds, pyridostatin and PhenDC3, interfered with viral uncoating in Na+ but not in K+-containing phosphate buffers. The thermostability studies and ultrastructural imaging of protein-free viral RNA cores suggest that Na+ keeps the encapsulated genome more open, allowing PDS and PhenDC3 to diffuse into the quasi-crystalline RNA and promote the formation and/or stabilization of GQs; the resulting conformational changes impair RNA unraveling and release from the virion. Preliminary reports have been published.
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- Antonio Real-Hohn
- Center of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna Biocenter, Max Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr Gasse 9/3, 1030 Vienna, Austria; (M.G.)
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- Center of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna Biocenter, Max Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr Gasse 9/3, 1030 Vienna, Austria; (M.G.)
- Institut Pasteur, CEDEX 15, 75724 Paris, France
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- Vienna Biocenter, Max Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural and Computational Biology, University of Vienna, Campus Vienna BioCenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria;
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstr. 40, 4020 Linz, Austria; (R.Z.)
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- Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz), Av. Brasil, 4365, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil
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- Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz), Av. Brasil, 4365, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstr. 40, 4020 Linz, Austria; (R.Z.)
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- Center of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna Biocenter, Max Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr Gasse 9/3, 1030 Vienna, Austria; (M.G.)
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- Center of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna Biocenter, Max Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr Gasse 9/3, 1030 Vienna, Austria; (M.G.)
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Prenzler S, Rudrawar S, Waespy M, Kelm S, Anoopkumar-Dukie S, Haselhorst T. The role of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like-lectin-1 (siglec-1) in immunology and infectious disease. Int Rev Immunol 2023; 42:113-138. [PMID: 34494938 DOI: 10.1080/08830185.2021.1931171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Siglec-1, also known as Sialoadhesin (Sn) and CD169 is highly conserved among vertebrates and with 17 immunoglobulin-like domains is Siglec-1 the largest member of the Siglec family. Expression of Siglec-1 is found primarily on dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages and interferon induced monocyte. The structure of Siglec-1 is unique among siglecs and its function as a receptor is also different compared to other receptors in this class as it contains the most extracellular domains out of all the siglecs. However, the ability of Siglec-1 to internalize antigens and to pass them on to lymphocytes by allowing dendritic cells and macrophages to act as antigen presenting cells, is the main reason that has granted Siglec-1's key role in multiple human disease states including atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, autoimmune diseases, cell-cell signaling, immunology, and more importantly bacterial and viral infections. Enveloped viruses for example have been shown to manipulate Siglec-1 to increase their virulence by binding to sialic acids present on the virus glycoproteins allowing them to spread or evade immune response. Siglec-1 mediates dissemination of HIV-1 in activated tissues enhancing viral spread via infection of DC/T-cell synapses. Overall, the ability of Siglec-1 to bind a variety of target cells within the immune system such as erythrocytes, B-cells, CD8+ granulocytes and NK cells, highlights that Siglec-1 is a unique player in these essential processes.
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- Shane Prenzler
- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.,Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.,Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Department of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Department of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.,Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Rhinovirus Infection and Virus-Induced Asthma. Viruses 2022; 14:v14122616. [PMID: 36560620 PMCID: PMC9781665 DOI: 10.3390/v14122616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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While the aetiology of asthma is unclear, the onset and/or exacerbation of asthma may be associated with respiratory infections. Virus-induced asthma is also known as virus-associated/triggered asthma, and the reported main causative agent is rhinovirus (RV). Understanding the relationship between viral infections and asthma may overcome the gaps in deferential immunity between viral infections and allergies. Moreover, understanding the complicated cytokine networks involved in RV infection may be necessary. Therefore, the complexity of RV-induced asthma is not only owing to the response of airway and immune cells against viral infection, but also to allergic immune responses caused by the wide variety of cytokines produced by these cells. To better understand RV-induced asthma, it is necessary to elucidate the nature RV infections and the corresponding host defence mechanisms. In this review, we attempt to organise the complexity of RV-induced asthma to make it easily understandable for readers.
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Wang W, Sinha A, Lutter R, Yang J, Ascoli C, Sterk PJ, Nemsick NK, Perkins DL, Finn PW. Analysis of Exosomal MicroRNA Dynamics in Response to Rhinovirus Challenge in a Longitudinal Case-Control Study of Asthma. Viruses 2022; 14:v14112444. [PMID: 36366542 PMCID: PMC9695046 DOI: 10.3390/v14112444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Asthma symptoms are often exacerbated by the common-cold-causing rhinovirus (RV). In this study, we characterized the temporal behavior of circulating exosomal microRNAs (ExoMiRNAs) in a longitudinal bi-phasic case-control study of mild asthmatics (n = 12) and matched non-atopic healthy controls (n = 12) inoculated with rhinovirus. We aimed to define clinical and immunologic characteristics associated with differentially expressed (DE) miRNAs. In total, 26 DE ExoMiRNAs, including hsa-let-7f-5p, hsa-let-7a-5p, hsa-miR-122-5p, hsa-miR-101-3p, and hsa-miR-126-3p, were identified between asthmatic and healthy subjects after inoculation with RV. Time series clustering identified a unique Cluster of Upregulated DE ExoMiRNAs with augmenting mean expression and a distinct Cluster of Downregulated DE ExoMiRNAs with mean expression decline in asthmatic subjects upon RV challenge. Notably, the Upregulated Cluster correlated with Th1 and interferon-induced cytokines/chemokines (IFN-γ and IFN-γ-inducible protein-10) and interleukin-10 (IL-10). Conversely, the Downregulated Cluster correlated with IL-13, a Th2 cytokine, pulmonary function measurements (FVC%, FEV1%, and PEF%), and inflammatory biomarkers (FeNO, eosinophil%, and neutrophil%). Key ExoMiRNA-target gene and anti-viral defense mechanisms of the Upregulated and Downregulated Clusters were identified by network and gene enrichment analyses. Our findings provide insight into the regulatory role of ExoMiRNAs in RV-induced asthma.
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- Wangfei Wang
- Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Hazan G, Fox C, Mok H, Haspel J. Age-dependent rebound in asthma exacerbations after COVID-19 lockdown. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. GLOBAL 2022; 1:314-318. [PMID: 36377231 PMCID: PMC9364738 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacig.2022.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Background Virus mitigation measures enacted early in the coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic suppressed common respiratory viruses and reduced the number of obstructive lung disease exacerbations. However, many localities began to ease these precautions in the year 2021, leading to a resurgence of non-COVID viruses. How asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) activity responded to this upswing in viral abundance is unclear. Objective Our aim was to examine how viral resurgence during the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions affected asthma and COPD exacerbations. Methods We analyzed electronic medical records for emergency department (ED) respiratory virus positivity, asthma visits, and COPD visits. We compared the 52-week interval before the COVID-19 restrictions (the pre-lockdown period [March 22, 2019-March 19, 2020]), the 52-week period immediately following enactment of the restrictions (the lockdown period [March 20, 2020-March 18, 2021]), and the 52-week period thereafter (the post-lockdown period [March 19, 2021-March 18, 2022]). We used MetaCYCLE to analyze seasonal trends in our data. Results The post-lockdown period was marked by a 400% increase in viral positivity compared with during the lockdown period. Asthma- and COPD-related ED visits each rose 37% compared with during the lockdown, with the rebound in asthma ED visits concentrated in individuals younger than 20 years. Interestingly, after the lockdown period, asthma ED visits overcorrected in children younger than 5 years, rising 81% compared with before the lockdown. Seasonal rhythms in asthma and COPD exacerbations were suppressed during the lockdown and recovered after the lockdown. Conclusions COVID-19 precautions had the unexpected effect of magnifying early-childhood asthma activity once common respiratory viruses recurred. These results may have implications for the future use of virus mitigation strategies in young children.
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- Guy Hazan
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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Sharma S, Tasnim N, Agadi K, Asfeen U, Kanda J. Vulnerability for Respiratory Infections in Asthma Patients: A Systematic Review. Cureus 2022; 14:e28839. [PMID: 36225449 PMCID: PMC9536399 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.28839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Asthma is a non-communicable and long-term condition affecting children and adults. The air passages in the lungs become narrow due to inflammation and tightening of the muscles around the small airways. Symptoms of asthma are intermittent and include cough, wheeze, shortness of breath, and chest tightness. Asthma is very often underdiagnosed and under-treated in many regions, especially in developing countries. While many studies show that viral infections can precipitate asthmatic attacks, very few studies have been conducted to see if history or current asthmatic attack increases the risk of viral infections. Our study aims to determine the predisposition of asthmatics to develop various viral infections and susceptibility toward certain viruses that cause upper respiratory tract infections. We performed a literature review of both published and unpublished articles. We included case reports, case series, reviews, clinical trials, cohort, and case-control studies, written only in English. Commentaries, letters to editors, and book chapters were excluded. Our initial search yielded 948 articles, of which 826 were rejected either because they were irrelevant or because they did not meet our inclusion criteria. We finally screened 122 abstracts and identified 24 relevant articles. People with a history of asthma have an abnormal innate immune response, making them potentially slower in clearing the infection and susceptible to both infections and virus-induced cell cytotoxicity. Also, in these studies, deficiencies in the interferon alpha response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and plasmacytoid dendritic cells have been observed in asthmatics, both adults and children. Asthmatics with a viral infection usually present with an acute exacerbation of asthma, represented by dyspnea and cough, with other prodromal symptoms including vomiting and general malaise. The review includes an update on the relevance of dysregulated immune pathways in causing viral infections in asthmatic populations. It focuses on the evidence to suggest that people with asthma are at increased risk of viral infection, and viral infections in turn are known to precipitate and worsen the asthmatic status, making this a vicious cycle. The authors also suggest that further studies be undertaken to elucidate the pathophysiology and identify the critical therapeutic steps to break this vicious cycle and improve the quality of life for people with asthma.
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Hazan G, Fox C, Eiden E, Anderson N, Friger M, Haspel J. Effect of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Asthma Biological Rhythms. J Biol Rhythms 2022; 37:152-163. [PMID: 35319293 DOI: 10.1177/07487304221081730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Asthma has a striking temporal character, in which time-of-day, patient age, and season each influence disease activity. The extent to which rhythms in asthma activity reflect exposure to specific disease triggers remains unclear. In this study, we examined how virus mitigation strategies enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic ("lockdown measures") affected rhythms in asthma clinical activity in children. To this end, we retrospectively analyzed asthma clinical presentations in children aged <18 years to our regional academic medical center, comparing 4 years of medical records prior to COVID-19 lockdown measures with the 12 months immediately after the institution of such measures. We correlated these data to positive viral test results, febrile seizures, and allergic clinical surrogates (allergic reaction visits and Emergency Department [ED] antihistamine prescriptions, respectively) over the same time frame. In the 12 months following the institution of the COVID-19 lockdown, positivity rates for common respiratory viruses dropped by 70.2% and ED visits for asthma among children dropped by 62% compared to pre-COVID years. Lockdown suppressed seasonal variation in positive viral tests and asthma ED visits, while diurnal rhythms in asthma visits were unchanged. Asthma seasonality correlated most strongly with rhinovirus positivity both before and after the institution of COVID lockdown measures. Altogether, our data support a causal role for viruses in driving seasonal variability in asthma exacerbations in children.
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- Guy Hazan
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.,Division of Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Institute for Informatics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Kolli AR, Calvino-Martin F, Hoeng J. Translational Modeling of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Dosimetry in Human Airways for Treating Viral Respiratory Infections. Pharm Res 2022; 39:57-73. [PMID: 35000036 PMCID: PMC8742698 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-021-03152-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are effective against respiratory viruses in vitro. However, they lack antiviral efficacy upon oral administration. Translation of in vitro to in vivo exposure is necessary for understanding the disconnect between the two to develop effective therapeutic strategies. METHODS We employed an in vitro ion-trapping kinetic model to predict the changes in the cytosolic and lysosomal concentrations of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in cell lines and primary human airway cultures. A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model with detailed respiratory physiology was used to predict regional airway exposure and optimize dosing regimens. RESULTS At their reported in vitro effective concentrations in cell lines, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine cause a significant increase in their cytosolic and lysosomal concentrations by altering the lysosomal pH. Higher concentrations of the compounds are required to achieve similar levels of cytosolic and lysosomal changes in primary human airway cells in vitro. The predicted cellular and lysosomal concentrations in the respiratory tract for in vivo oral doses are lower than the in vitro effective levels. Pulmonary administration of aerosolized chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine is predicted to achieve high bound in vitro-effective concentrations in the respiratory tract, with low systemic exposure. Achieving effective cytosolic concentrations for activating immunomodulatory effects and adequate lysosomal levels for inhibiting viral replication could be key drivers for treating viral respiratory infections. CONCLUSION Our analysis provides a framework for extrapolating in vitro effective concentrations of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to in vivo dosing regimens for treating viral respiratory infections.
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- Aditya R Kolli
- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Fairweather SM, Chang CL, Mansell CJ, Shafuddin E, Hancox RJ. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the cardio-respiratory health of New Zealanders. Respirology 2021; 26:1041-1048. [PMID: 34365699 PMCID: PMC8447448 DOI: 10.1111/resp.14119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption to health, social interaction, travel and economies worldwide. In New Zealand, the government closed the border to non-residents and required all arrivals to quarantine for 14 days. They also implemented a strict contact-restriction system to eliminate COVID-19 from the community. These measures also reduced the circulation of other respiratory viruses such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus. We assessed the impact of these measures on hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiac diseases. METHODS National data on hospital admissions for each week of 2020 were compared to admissions for the previous 5 years. Analyses were curtailed after week 33, when a COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland led to different levels of pandemic restrictions making national data difficult to interpret. RESULTS The numbers of acute infectious respiratory admissions were similar to previous years before the introduction of COVID-19 restrictions, but then fell lower and remained low after the pandemic restrictions were eased. The usual winter peak in respiratory admissions was not seen in 2020. Other than small reductions during the period of the strictest contact restrictions, non-infectious respiratory and cardiac admissions were similar to previous years and the usual winter peak in heart failure admissions was observed. CONCLUSION The observed patterns of hospital admissions in 2020 are compatible with the hypothesis that circulating respiratory viruses drive the normal seasonal trends in respiratory admissions. By contrast, these findings suggest that respiratory viruses do not drive the winter peak in heart failure.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.,Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Girkin J, Loo SL, Esneau C, Maltby S, Mercuri F, Chua B, Reid AT, Veerati PC, Grainge CL, Wark PAB, Knight D, Jackson D, Demaison C, Bartlett NW. TLR2-mediated innate immune priming boosts lung anti-viral immunity. Eur Respir J 2021; 58:13993003.01584-2020. [PMID: 33303547 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01584-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND We assessed whether Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 activation boosts the innate immune response to rhinovirus infection, as a treatment strategy for virus-induced respiratory diseases. METHODS We employed treatment with a novel TLR2 agonist (INNA-X) prior to rhinovirus infection in mice, and INNA-X treatment in differentiated human bronchial epithelial cells derived from asthmatic-donors. We assessed viral load, immune cell recruitment, cytokines, type I and III interferon (IFN) production, as well as the lung tissue and epithelial cell immune transcriptome. RESULTS We show, in vivo, that a single INNA-X treatment induced innate immune priming characterised by low-level IFN-λ, Fas ligand, chemokine expression and airway lymphocyte recruitment. Treatment 7 days before infection significantly reduced lung viral load, increased IFN-β/λ expression and inhibited neutrophilic inflammation. Corticosteroid treatment enhanced the anti-inflammatory effects of INNA-X. Treatment 1 day before infection increased expression of 190 lung tissue immune genes. This tissue gene expression signature was absent with INNA-X treatment 7 days before infection, suggesting an alternate mechanism, potentially via establishment of immune cell-mediated mucosal innate immunity. In vitro, INNA-X treatment induced a priming response defined by upregulated IFN-λ, chemokine and anti-microbial gene expression that preceded an accelerated response to infection enriched for nuclear factor (NF)-κB-regulated genes and reduced viral loads, even in epithelial cells derived from asthmatic donors with intrinsic delayed anti-viral immune response. CONCLUSION Airway epithelial cell TLR2 activation induces prolonged innate immune priming, defined by early NF-κB activation, IFN-λ expression and lymphocyte recruitment. This response enhanced anti-viral innate immunity and reduced virus-induced airway inflammation.
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- Jason Girkin
- Viral Immunology and Respiratory Disease group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.,Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia.,These authors contributed equally
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- Viral Immunology and Respiratory Disease group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.,Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia.,These authors contributed equally
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- Viral Immunology and Respiratory Disease group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.,Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia
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- Viral Immunology and Respiratory Disease group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.,Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia
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- Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Viral Immunology and Respiratory Disease group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.,Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia
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- Viral Immunology and Respiratory Disease group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.,Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia
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- Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia.,Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
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- Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia.,Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
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- Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia
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- Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Viral Immunology and Respiratory Disease group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia .,Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia
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O'Sullivan MJ, Phung TKN, Park JA. Bronchoconstriction: a potential missing link in airway remodelling. Open Biol 2020; 10:200254. [PMID: 33259745 PMCID: PMC7776576 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.200254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
In asthma, progressive structural changes of the airway wall are collectively termed airway remodelling. Despite its deleterious effect on lung function, airway remodelling is incompletely understood. As one of the important causes leading to airway remodelling, here we discuss the significance of mechanical forces that are produced in the narrowed airway during asthma exacerbation, as a driving force of airway remodelling. We cover in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo work in this field, and discuss up-to-date literature supporting the idea that bronchoconstriction may be the missing link in a comprehensive understanding of airway remodelling in asthma.
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, USA
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Helling BA, Sobreira DR, Hansen GT, Sakabe NJ, Luo K, Billstrand C, Laxman B, Nicolae RI, Nicolae DL, Bochkov YA, Gern JE, Nobrega MA, White SR, Ober C. Altered transcriptional and chromatin responses to rhinovirus in bronchial epithelial cells from adults with asthma. Commun Biol 2020; 3:678. [PMID: 33188283 PMCID: PMC7666152 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01411-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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There is a life-long relationship between rhinovirus (RV) infection and the development and clinical manifestations of asthma. In this study we demonstrate that cultured primary bronchial epithelial cells from adults with asthma (n = 9) show different transcriptional and chromatin responses to RV infection compared to those without asthma (n = 9). Both the number and magnitude of transcriptional and chromatin responses to RV were muted in cells from asthma cases compared to controls. Pathway analysis of the transcriptionally responsive genes revealed enrichments of apoptotic pathways in controls but inflammatory pathways in asthma cases. Using promoter capture Hi-C we tethered regions of RV-responsive chromatin to RV-responsive genes and showed enrichment of these regions and genes at asthma GWAS loci. Taken together, our studies indicate a delayed or prolonged inflammatory state in cells from asthma cases and highlight genes that may contribute to genetic risk for asthma.
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- Britney A Helling
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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Challenges for the Newborn Immune Response to Respiratory Virus Infection and Vaccination. Vaccines (Basel) 2020; 8:vaccines8040558. [PMID: 32987691 PMCID: PMC7712002 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8040558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The initial months of life reflect an extremely challenging time for newborns as a naïve immune system is bombarded with a large array of pathogens, commensals, and other foreign entities. In many instances, the immune response of young infants is dampened or altered, resulting in increased susceptibility and disease following infection. This is the result of both qualitative and quantitative changes in the response of multiple cell types across the immune system. Here we provide a review of the challenges associated with the newborn response to respiratory viral pathogens as well as the hurdles and advances for vaccine-mediated protection.
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Saarinen NVV, Lehtonen J, Veijola R, Lempainen J, Knip M, Hyöty H, Laitinen OH, Hytönen VP. Multiplexed High-Throughput Serological Assay for Human Enteroviruses. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8060963. [PMID: 32604930 PMCID: PMC7355947 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8060963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Immunological assays detecting antibodies against enteroviruses typically use a single enterovirus serotype as antigen. This limits the ability of such assays to detect antibodies against different enterovirus types and to detect possible type-specific variation in antibody responses. We set out to develop a multiplexed assay for simultaneous detection of antibodies against multiple enterovirus and rhinovirus types encompassing all human infecting species. Seven recombinant VP1 proteins from enteroviruses EV-A to EV-D and rhinoviruses RV-A to RV-C species were produced. Using Meso Scale Diagnostics U-PLEX platform we were able to study antibody reactions against these proteins as well as non-structural enterovirus proteins in a single well with 140 human serum samples. Adults had on average 33-fold stronger antibody responses to these antigens (p < 10−11) compared to children, but children had less cross-reactivity between different enterovirus types. The results suggest that this new high-throughput assay offers clear benefits in the evaluation of humoral enterovirus immunity in children, giving more exact information than assays that are based on a single enterovirus type as antigen.
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- Niila V. V. Saarinen
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (J.L.); (H.H.); (O.H.L.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (J.L.); (H.H.); (O.H.L.)
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oulu, 90570 Oulu, Finland;
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland;
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- Pediatric Research Center, Children’s Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, 00029 Helsinki, Finland;
- Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (J.L.); (H.H.); (O.H.L.)
- Fimlab Laboratories, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (J.L.); (H.H.); (O.H.L.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (J.L.); (H.H.); (O.H.L.)
- Fimlab Laboratories, 33520 Tampere, Finland
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +358-401901517
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Protective and pathogenic roles for mast cells during viral infections. Curr Opin Immunol 2020; 66:74-81. [PMID: 32563779 PMCID: PMC7301783 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2020.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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At the host-environment interfaces such as skin or mucosae mast cells act as immune sentinels for variety of pathogens including viruses. Mast cells initiate cellular immune responses at the infection site by recruitment of various subsets of T cells. Systemic activation of mast cells is associated with vascular pathologies during viral infections. Targeting of mast cell specific products has a promising therapeutic potential in treating virus induced immune pathologies.
Mast cells (MCs) are long-lived immune cells. They are armed with preformed mediators within granules that can be instantaneously released in response to an invading pathogen, including certain viruses. At the skin and mucosae, they initiate innate immune responses and promote the development of adaptive immune responses, through cellular recruitment or antigen presentation. However, systemic MC activation may promote immune pathologies through their vasoactive proteases and biogenic amines. Recently, MC products were identified to contribute to pathologies associated with viral hemorrhagic fever, such vascular leakage and thrombocytopenia. Similar associations of MCs with disease severity have been noted for certain respiratory viral pathogens. Here we discuss the specific MC responses to viruses and their influences on functional immune outcomes during infection.
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Lamborn IT, Su HC. Genetic determinants of host immunity against human rhinovirus infections. Hum Genet 2020; 139:949-959. [PMID: 32112143 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-020-02137-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Human rhinoviruses (RV) are a frequent cause of respiratory tract infections with substantial morbidity and mortality in some patients. Nevertheless, the genetic basis of susceptibility to RV in humans has been relatively understudied. Experimental infections of mice and in vitro infections of human cells have indicated that various pathogen recognition receptors (TLRs, RIG-I, and MDA5) regulate innate immune responses to RV. However, deficiency of MDA5 is the only one among these so far uncovered that confers RV susceptibility in humans. Other work has shown increased RV susceptibility in patients with a polymorphism in CDHR3 that encodes the cellular receptor for RV-C entry. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the genetic determinants of human RV susceptibility in the context of what is known about RV biology.
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- Ian T Lamborn
- Human Immunological Diseases Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Human Immunological Diseases Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.
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Saarinen NVV, Stone VM, Hankaniemi MM, Mazur MA, Vuorinen T, Flodström-Tullberg M, Hyöty H, Hytönen VP, Laitinen OH. Antibody Responses against Enterovirus Proteases are Potential Markers for an Acute Infection. Viruses 2020; 12:E78. [PMID: 31936473 PMCID: PMC7020046 DOI: 10.3390/v12010078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Enteroviruses are a group of common non-enveloped RNA viruses that cause symptoms ranging from mild respiratory infections to paralysis. Due to the abundance of enterovirus infections it is hard to distinguish between on-going and previous infections using immunological assays unless the IgM fraction is studied. METHODS In this study we show using Indirect ELISA and capture IgM ELISA that an IgG antibody response against the nonstructural enteroviral proteins 2A and 3C can be used to distinguish between IgM positive (n = 22) and IgM negative (n = 20) human patients with 83% accuracy and a diagnostic odds ratio of 30. Using a mouse model, we establish that the antibody response to the proteases is short-lived compared to the antibody response to the structural proteins in. As such, the protease antibody response serves as a potential marker for an acute infection. CONCLUSIONS Antibody responses against enterovirus proteases are shorter-lived than against structural proteins and can differentiate between IgM positive and negative patients, and therefore they are a potential marker for acute infections.
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- Niila V. V. Saarinen
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (V.M.S.); (M.M.H.); (M.F.-T.); (H.H.); (V.P.H.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (V.M.S.); (M.M.H.); (M.F.-T.); (H.H.); (V.P.H.)
- Karolinska Institutet, The Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska University Hospital, 14152 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (V.M.S.); (M.M.H.); (M.F.-T.); (H.H.); (V.P.H.)
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- Karolinska Institutet, The Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska University Hospital, 14152 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Turku University Hospital, Clinical Microbiology and University of Turku, Institute of Biomedicine, 20520 Turku, Finland;
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (V.M.S.); (M.M.H.); (M.F.-T.); (H.H.); (V.P.H.)
- Karolinska Institutet, The Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska University Hospital, 14152 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (V.M.S.); (M.M.H.); (M.F.-T.); (H.H.); (V.P.H.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (V.M.S.); (M.M.H.); (M.F.-T.); (H.H.); (V.P.H.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland; (N.V.V.S.); (V.M.S.); (M.M.H.); (M.F.-T.); (H.H.); (V.P.H.)
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Hu Q, Gilley RP, Dube PH. House dust mite exposure attenuates influenza A infection in a mouse model of pulmonary allergic inflammation. Microb Pathog 2019; 129:242-249. [PMID: 30776411 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Environmental allergens elicit complex immune responses in the lungs that can promote the development of asthma or exacerbate preexisting asthma in susceptible individuals. House dust mites are one of the most common indoor allergens and are a significant driver of allergic disease. Respiratory infections are known factors in acute exacerbations of asthma but the impact of allergen on the pathogen is not well understood. We investigated the pathogenesis of influenza A infection following exposure to house dust mites. Mice exposed to house dust mites lose less weight following infection and had more transcription of interferon-lambda than controls. These data correlated with less transcription of the influenza polymerase acidic gene suggesting diminished viral replication in house dust mite exposed mice. Altogether, these data suggest that exposure to environmental allergens can influence the pathogenesis of influenza infection.
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- Qiyao Hu
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA; Department of Pediatrics, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410000, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
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Song JH, Shim A, Kim YJ, Ahn JH, Kwon BE, Pham TT, Lee J, Chang SY, Ko HJ. Antiviral and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Pochonin D, a Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor, against Rhinovirus Infection. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2018; 26:576-583. [PMID: 29715717 PMCID: PMC6254639 DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2017.233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Human rhinoviruses (HRV) are one of the major causes of common cold in humans and are also associated with acute asthma and bronchial illness. Heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90), a molecular chaperone, is an important host factor for the replication of single-strand RNA viruses. In the current study, we examined the effect of the Hsp90 inhibitor pochonin D, in vitro and in vivo, using a murine model of human rhinovirus type 1B (HRV1B) infection. Our data suggested that Hsp90 inhibition significantly reduced the inflammatory cytokine production and lung damage caused by HRV1B infection. The viral titer was significantly lowered in HRV1B-infected lungs and in Hela cells upon treatment with pochonin D. Infiltration of innate immune cells including granulocytes and monocytes was also reduced in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) by pochonin D treatment after HRV1B infection. Histological analysis of the lung and respiratory tract showed that pochonin D protected the mice from HRV1B infection. Collectively, our results suggest that the Hsp90 inhibitor, pochonin D, could be an attractive antiviral therapeutic for treating HRV infection.
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- Jae-Hyoung Song
- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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Veerapandian R, Snyder JD, Samarasinghe AE. Influenza in Asthmatics: For Better or for Worse? Front Immunol 2018; 9:1843. [PMID: 30147697 PMCID: PMC6095982 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Asthma and influenza are two pathologic conditions of the respiratory tract that affect millions worldwide. Influenza virus of the 2009 pandemic was highly transmissible and caused severe respiratory disease in young and middle-aged individuals. Asthma was discovered to be an underlying co-morbidity that led to hospitalizations during this influenza pandemic albeit with less severe outcomes. However, animal studies that investigated the relationship between allergic inflammation and pandemic (p)H1N1 infection, showed that while characteristics of allergic airways disease were exacerbated by this virus, governing immune responses that cause exacerbations may actually protect the host from severe outcomes associated with influenza. To better understand the relationship between asthma and severe influenza during the last pandemic, we conducted a systematic literature review of reports on hospitalized patients with asthma as a co-morbid condition during the pH1N1 season. Herein, we report that numerous other underlying conditions, such as cardiovascular, neurologic, and metabolic diseases may have been underplayed as major drivers of severe influenza during the 2009 pandemic. This review synopses, (1) asthma and influenza independently, (2) epidemiologic data surrounding asthma during the 2009 influenza pandemic, and (3) recent advances in our understanding of allergic host–pathogen interactions in the context of allergic airways disease and influenza in mouse models. Our goal is to showcase possible immunological benefits of allergic airways inflammation as countermeasures for influenza virus infections as a learning tool to discover novel pathways that can enhance our ability to hinder influenza virus replication and host pathology induced thereof.
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- Raja Veerapandian
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.,Children's Foundation Research Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Children's Foundation Research Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.,College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.,Children's Foundation Research Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States
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Lambkin-Williams R, Noulin N, Mann A, Catchpole A, Gilbert AS. The human viral challenge model: accelerating the evaluation of respiratory antivirals, vaccines and novel diagnostics. Respir Res 2018; 19:123. [PMID: 29929556 PMCID: PMC6013893 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0784-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The Human Viral Challenge (HVC) model has, for many decades, helped in the understanding of respiratory viruses and their role in disease pathogenesis. In a controlled setting using small numbers of volunteers removed from community exposure to other infections, this experimental model enables proof of concept work to be undertaken on novel therapeutics, including vaccines, immunomodulators and antivirals, as well as new diagnostics.Crucially, unlike conventional phase 1 studies, challenge studies include evaluable efficacy endpoints that then guide decisions on how to optimise subsequent field studies, as recommended by the FDA and thus licensing studies that follow. Such a strategy optimises the benefit of the studies and identifies possible threats early on, minimising the risk to subsequent volunteers but also maximising the benefit of scarce resources available to the research group investing in the research. Inspired by the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) now commonly applied in the preclinical phase, HVC studies allow refinement and reduction of the subsequent development phase, accelerating progress towards further statistically powered phase 2b studies. The breadth of data generated from challenge studies allows for exploration of a wide range of variables and endpoints that can then be taken through to pivotal phase 3 studies.We describe the disease burden for acute respiratory viral infections for which current conventional development strategies have failed to produce therapeutics that meet clinical need. The Authors describe the HVC model's utility in increasing scientific understanding and in progressing promising therapeutics through development.The contribution of the model to the elucidation of the virus-host interaction, both regarding viral pathogenicity and the body's immunological response is discussed, along with its utility to assist in the development of novel diagnostics.Future applications of the model are also explored.
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- Rob Lambkin-Williams
- hVIVO Services Limited, Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre, 42 New Road, London, England, E1 2AX, UK.
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- hVIVO Services Limited, Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre, 42 New Road, London, England, E1 2AX, UK
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- hVIVO Services Limited, Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre, 42 New Road, London, England, E1 2AX, UK
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- hVIVO Services Limited, Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre, 42 New Road, London, England, E1 2AX, UK
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- hVIVO Services Limited, Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre, 42 New Road, London, England, E1 2AX, UK
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Kodama F, Nace DA, Jump RLP. Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Other Noninfluenza Respiratory Viruses in Older Adults. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2018; 31:767-790. [PMID: 29079159 PMCID: PMC5846091 DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2017.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Fumihiro Kodama
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sapporo City General Hospital, 13 Chome 1-1, Kita 11 Jonishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8604, Japan
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Kaufmann Building Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195-5029, USA; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Specialty Care Center of Innovation, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 111C(W), 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Stobart CC, Nosek JM, Moore ML. Rhinovirus Biology, Antigenic Diversity, and Advancements in the Design of a Human Rhinovirus Vaccine. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2412. [PMID: 29259600 PMCID: PMC5723287 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Human rhinovirus (HRV) remains a leading cause of several human diseases including the common cold. Despite considerable research over the last 60 years, development of an effective vaccine to HRV has been viewed by many as unfeasible due, in part, to the antigenic diversity of circulating HRVs in nature. Over 150 antigenically distinct types of HRV are currently known which span three species: HRV A, HRV B, and HRV C. Early attempts to develop a rhinovirus vaccine have shown that inactivated HRV is capable of serving as a strong immunogen and inducing neutralizing antibodies. Yet, limitations to virus preparation and recovery, continued identification of antigenic variants of HRV, and logistical challenges pertaining to preparing a polyvalent preparation of the magnitude required for true efficacy against circulating rhinoviruses continue to prove a daunting challenge. In this review, we describe HRV biology, antigenic diversity, and past and present advances in HRV vaccine design.
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- Christopher C Stobart
- Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.,Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Alimi Y, Lim WS, Lansbury L, Leonardi-Bee J, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS. Systematic review of respiratory viral pathogens identified in adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Europe. J Clin Virol 2017; 95:26-35. [PMID: 28837859 PMCID: PMC7185624 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2017.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an important respiratory disease and the fifth leading cause of mortality in Europe. The development of molecular diagnostic tests has highlighted the contributions of respiratory viruses to the aetiology of CAP, suggesting the incidence of viral pneumonia may have been previously underestimated. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to describe the overall identification of respiratory viruses in adult patients with CAP in Europe, following PRISMA guidelines (PROSPERO; CRD42016037233). We searched EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL, WHOLIS, COCHRANE library and grey literature sources for relevant studies, and screened these against protocol eligibility criteria. Two researchers performed data extraction and risk of bias assessments, independently, using a piloted form. Results were synthesised narratively, and random effects meta-analyses performed to calculate pooled estimates of effect; heterogeneity was quantified using I2. Twenty-eight studies met inclusion criteria of which 21 were included in the primary meta-analysis. The pooled proportion of patients with identified respiratory viruses was 22.0% (95% CI: 18.0%-27.0%), rising to 29.0% (25.0%-34.0%) in studies where polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostics were performed. Influenza virus was the most frequently detected virus in 9% (7%-12%) of adults with CAP. Respiratory viruses make a substantial contribution to the aetiology of CAP in adult patients in Europe; one or more respiratory viruses are detected in about one quarter of all cases.
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- Y Alimi
- Health Protection and Influenza Research Group, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Nottingham, UK
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- University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- Health Protection and Influenza Research Group, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Nottingham, UK
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- Health Protection and Influenza Research Group, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Nottingham, UK
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- Health Protection and Influenza Research Group, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Nottingham, UK.
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Miyauchi K. Helper T Cell Responses to Respiratory Viruses in the Lung: Development, Virus Suppression, and Pathogenesis. Viral Immunol 2017. [DOI: 10.1089/vim.2017.0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Kosuke Miyauchi
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science, Yokohama, Japan
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Camp JV, Jonsson CB. A Role for Neutrophils in Viral Respiratory Disease. Front Immunol 2017; 8:550. [PMID: 28553293 PMCID: PMC5427094 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2016] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Neutrophils are immune cells that are well known to be present during many types of lung diseases associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and may contribute to acute lung injury. Neutrophils are poorly studied with respect to viral infection, and specifically to respiratory viral disease. Influenza A virus (IAV) infection is the cause of a respiratory disease that poses a significant global public health concern. Influenza disease presents as a relatively mild and self-limiting although highly pathogenic forms exist. Neutrophils increase in the respiratory tract during infection with mild seasonal IAV, moderate and severe epidemic IAV infection, and emerging highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). During severe influenza pneumonia and HPAI infection, the number of neutrophils in the lower respiratory tract is correlated with disease severity. Thus, comparative analyses of the relationship between IAV infection and neutrophils provide insights into the relative contribution of host and viral factors that contribute to disease severity. Herein, we review the contribution of neutrophils to IAV disease pathogenesis and to other respiratory virus infections.
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- Jeremy V Camp
- Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine at Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
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Falsey AR, Branche AR. Rhinoviruses. INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2017. [PMCID: PMC7173525 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-803678-5.00386-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Human rhinoviruses (HRV) are ubiquitous pathogens and the leading cause of the common cold syndrome. HRV are very diverse with more than 100 serotypes identified which cause disease in persons of all ages with the highest incidence documented in young children. Although illness is typically mild and self-limited, lost time from work and school creates a considerable economic burden. Infection of the upper airways is the most common site of infection, although lower airways disease is also well documented, as is the link between HRV infection and exacerbations of asthma. Unfortunately, effective specific antiviral treatments and vaccines remain elusive.
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Guibas GV, Papadopoulos NG. Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. VIRAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN, VOLUME II 2017. [PMCID: PMC7121526 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54093-1_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The upper respiratory system is one of the most common sites of infection for adults, but even more so for children. Several viruses, from variable families, cause upper respiratory infections which, although generally underestimated due to their typically self-limiting nature, underlie enormous healthcare resource utilization and financial burden. Such, otherwise “benign” infections, can have very significant sequelae both in the form of bringing about local complications but also inducing asthma attacks, thus greatly increasing morbidity. Their enormous prevalence also indicates that rigorous research should be undertaken in order to tackle them, in both the prevention and treatment field.
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Cross-Disciplinary Consultancy to Enhance Predictions of Asthma Exacerbation Risk in Boston. Online J Public Health Inform 2016; 8:e199. [PMID: 28210420 PMCID: PMC5302473 DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v8i3.6902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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This paper continues an initiative conducted by the International Society for Disease Surveillance with funding from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to connect near-term analytical needs of public health practice with technical expertise from the global research community. The goal is to enhance investigation capabilities of day-to-day population health monitors. A prior paper described the formation of consultancies for requirements analysis and dialogue regarding costs and benefits of sustainable analytic tools. Each funded consultancy targets a use case of near-term concern to practitioners. The consultancy featured here focused on improving predictions of asthma exacerbation risk in demographic and geographic subdivisions of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, USA based on the combination of known risk factors for which evidence is routinely available. A cross-disciplinary group of 28 stakeholders attended the consultancy on March 30-31, 2016 at the Boston Public Health Commission. Known asthma exacerbation risk factors are upper respiratory virus transmission, particularly in school-age children, harsh or extreme weather conditions, and poor air quality. Meteorological subject matter experts described availability and usage of data sources representing these risk factors. Modelers presented multiple analytic approaches including mechanistic models, machine learning approaches, simulation techniques, and hybrids. Health department staff and local partners discussed surveillance operations, constraints, and operational system requirements. Attendees valued the direct exchange of information among public health practitioners, system designers, and modelers. Discussion finalized design of an 8-year de-identified dataset of Boston ED patient records for modeling partners who sign a standard data use agreement.
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Bønnelykke K, Ober C. Leveraging gene-environment interactions and endotypes for asthma gene discovery. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2016; 137:667-79. [PMID: 26947980 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Revised: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Asthma is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome that includes subtypes of disease with different underlying causes and disease mechanisms. Asthma is caused by a complex interaction between genes and environmental exposures; early-life exposures in particular play an important role. Asthma is also heritable, and a number of susceptibility variants have been discovered in genome-wide association studies, although the known risk alleles explain only a small proportion of the heritability. In this review, we present evidence supporting the hypothesis that focusing on more specific asthma phenotypes, such as childhood asthma with severe exacerbations, and on relevant exposures that are involved in gene-environment interactions (GEIs), such as rhinovirus infections, will improve detection of asthma genes and our understanding of the underlying mechanisms. We will discuss the challenges of considering GEIs and the advantages of studying responses to asthma-associated exposures in clinical birth cohorts, as well as in cell models of GEIs, to dissect the context-specific nature of genotypic risks, to prioritize variants in genome-wide association studies, and to identify pathways involved in pathogenesis in subgroups of patients. We propose that such approaches, in spite of their many challenges, present great opportunities for better understanding of asthma pathogenesis and heterogeneity and, ultimately, for improving prevention and treatment of disease.
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- Klaus Bønnelykke
- COPSAC (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
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Bochkov YA, Gern JE. Rhinoviruses and Their Receptors: Implications for Allergic Disease. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2016; 16:30. [PMID: 26960297 DOI: 10.1007/s11882-016-0608-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Human rhinoviruses (RVs) are picornaviruses that can cause a variety of illnesses including the common cold, lower respiratory tract illnesses such as bronchitis and pneumonia, and exacerbations of asthma. RVs are classified into three species, RV-A, B, and C, which include over 160 types. They utilize three major types of cellular membrane glycoproteins to gain entry into the host cell: intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) (the majority of RV-A and all RV-B), low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) family members (12 RV-A types), and cadherin-related family member 3 (CDHR3) (RV-C). CDHR3 is a member of cadherin superfamily of transmembrane proteins with yet unknown biological function, and there is relatively little information available about the mechanisms of RV-C interaction with CDHR3. A coding single nucleotide polymorphism (rs6967330) in CDHR3 could promote RV-C infections and illnesses in infancy, which could in turn adversely affect the developing lung to increase the risk of asthma. Further studies are needed to determine how RV infections contribute to pathogenesis of asthma and to develop the optimal treatment approach to control asthma exacerbations.
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- Yury A Bochkov
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53792, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53792, USA.,Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53792, USA
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Duenas Meza E, Jaramillo CA, Correa E, Torres-Duque CA, García C, González M, Rojas D, Hernández A, Páez AM, Delgado MDP. Virus and Mycoplasma pneumoniae prevalence in a selected pediatric population with acute asthma exacerbation. J Asthma 2016; 53:253-60. [PMID: 26799194 DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2015.1075548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of viral and atypical bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children experiencing asthma exacerbation and compare positive and negative subjects with regard to exacerbation severity, need for hospitalization, and treatment. METHODS One hundred sixty-nine asthmatic children aged 2-15 years old who were admitted to emergency rooms in Bogota, Colombia for acute asthma exacerbation were interviewed. Nasopharyngeal aspirates were taken for DNA and RNA extraction. M. pneumoniae and virus were detected by PCR using specific primers. RESULTS The prevalence of M. pneumoniae and viral infection in the study population was 12.4% and 83.7%, respectively. All subjects positive for M. pneumoniae were also positive for viral infection. Rhinovirus was the most frequently detected viral agent. No significant differences in severity of asthma exacerbations or in need for hospitalization between the virus or M. pneumoniae positive and negative groups were observed. A significantly lower percentage of M. pneumoniae positive subjects had used inhaled steroids over the six months prior to asthma exacerbation compared to M. pneumoniae negative subjects (38.1% vs. 68.2%), suggesting that inhaled corticosteroids may have a protective effect against M. pneumoniae infections. CONCLUSIONS The M. pneumoniae and virus prevalence found in this study were similar to those described in the literature. The 100% co-infection rate observed suggests that viral infection can predispose patients to M. pneumoniae infection, and that this interaction may trigger asthmatic exacerbation. Further studies should be done to confirm the protective effect of inhaled corticosteroids on M. pneumoniae infection in patients with asthma exacerbations.
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- b Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biological Sciences Department , Faculty of Science, Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá , Colombia
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- a Fundación Neumológica Colombiana , Bogotá , Colombia and
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- b Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biological Sciences Department , Faculty of Science, Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá , Colombia
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- b Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biological Sciences Department , Faculty of Science, Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá , Colombia
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- b Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biological Sciences Department , Faculty of Science, Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá , Colombia
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- b Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biological Sciences Department , Faculty of Science, Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá , Colombia
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- b Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biological Sciences Department , Faculty of Science, Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá , Colombia
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Gonzales-van Horn SR, Farrar JD. Interferon at the crossroads of allergy and viral infections. J Leukoc Biol 2015; 98:185-94. [PMID: 26026068 PMCID: PMC4501675 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.3ru0315-099r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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IFN-α/β was first described as a potent inhibitor of viral replication, but it is now appreciated that IFN signaling plays a pleiotropic role in regulating peripheral T cell functions. Recently, IFN-α/β was shown to block human Th2 development by suppressing the transcription factor GATA3. This effect is consistent with the role for IFN-α/β in suppressing allergic inflammatory processes by blocking granulocyte activation and IL-4-mediated B cell isotype switching to IgE. With the consideration of recent studies demonstrating a defect in IFN-α/β secretion in DCs and epithelial cells from individuals with severe atopic diseases, there is an apparent reciprocal negative regulatory loop in atopic individuals, whereby the lack of IFN-α/β secretion by innate cells contributes to the development of allergic Th2 cells. Is it possible to overcome these events by treating with IFN-α/β or by inducing its secretion in vivo? In support of this approach, case studies have documented the therapeutic potential of IFN-α/β in treating steroid-resistant allergic asthma and other atopic diseases. Additionally, individuals with asthma who are infected with HCV and respond to IFN therapy showed a reduction in symptoms and severity of asthma attacks. These findings support a model, whereby allergic and antiviral responses are able to cross-regulate each other, as IgER cross-linking of pDCs prevents IFN-α/β production in response to viral infection. The clinical importance of upper-respiratory viruses in the context of allergic asthma supports the need to understand how these pathways intersect and to identify potential therapeutic targets.
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- Department of Immunology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Mukhopadhyay S, Malik P, Arora SK, Mukherjee TK. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 as a drug target in asthma and rhinitis. Respirology 2014; 19:508-13. [PMID: 24689994 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Revised: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a transmembrane glycoprotein receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily. Endothelial cells, epithelial cells, leukocytes and neutrophils are the major cells expressing ICAM-1. Ligands of ICAM-1 are macrophage adhesion ligand-1, leukocyte function-associated antigen-1 and fibrinogen (extracellular matrix protein). In normal physiological conditions, engagement of ICAM-1 receptor with immunological cells surface ligands assists in homing and trafficking of inflammatory cells to distant tissues. ICAM-1 has also long been known to mediate cell-to-cell interaction during antigen presentation and outside-in cell signalling pathways. ICAM-1-mediated elevated inflammation is implicated in asthma. On respiratory epithelial cells surface, ICAM-1 acts as natural binding site for human rhinovirus (HRV), a common cold virus that ultimately causes exacerbation of asthma. This review presents the findings on the role of ICAM-1 in the complication of asthma and in particular asthma exacerbation by HRV.
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- Srirupa Mukhopadhyay
- Department of Immunopathology, Research Block A, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Wu Q, van Dyk LF, Jiang D, Dakhama A, Li L, White SR, Gross A, Chu HW. Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase M (IRAK-M) promotes human rhinovirus infection in lung epithelial cells via the autophagic pathway. Virology 2013; 446:199-206. [PMID: 24074582 PMCID: PMC3804030 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Revised: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Human rhinovirus (HRV) is the most common viral etiology in acute exacerbations of asthma. However, the exact mechanisms underlying HRV infection in allergic airways are poorly understood. IL-13 increases interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase M (IRAK-M) and subsequently inhibits airway innate immunity against bacteria. However, the role of IRAK-M in lung HRV infection remains unclear. Here, we provide the first evidence that IRAK-M over-expression promotes lung epithelial HRV-16 replication and autophagy, but inhibits HRV-16-induced IFN-β and IFN-λ1 expression. Inhibiting autophagy reduces HRV-16 replication. Exogenous IFN-β and IFN-λ1 inhibit autophagy and HRV-16 replication. Our data indicate the enhancing effect of IRAK-M on epithelial HRV-16 infection, which is partly through the autophagic pathway. Impaired anti-viral interferon production may serve as a direct or an indirect (e.g., autophagy) mechanism of enhanced HRV-16 infection by IRAK-M over-expression. Targeting autophagic pathway or administrating anti-viral interferons may prevent or attenuate viral (e.g., HRV-16) infections in allergic airways.
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- Qun Wu
- Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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Basta HA, Sgro JY, Palmenberg AC. Modeling of the human rhinovirus C capsid suggests a novel topography with insights on receptor preference and immunogenicity. Virology 2013; 448:176-84. [PMID: 24314648 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Features of human rhinovirus (RV)-C virions that allow them to use novel cell receptors and evade immune responses are unknown. Unlike the RV-A+B, these isolates cannot be propagated in typical culture systems or grown for structure studies. Comparative sequencing, I-TASSER, MODELLER, ROBETTA, and refined alignment techniques led to a structural approximation for C15 virions, based on the extensive, resolved RV-A+B datasets. The model predicts that all RV-C VP1 proteins are shorter by 21 residues relative to the RV-A, and 35 residues relative to the RV-B, effectively shaving the RV 5-fold plateau from the particle. There are major alterations in VP1 neutralizing epitopes and the structural determinants for ICAM-1 and LDLR receptors. The VP2 and VP3 elements are similar among all RV, but the loss of sequence "words" contributing Nim1ab has increased the apparent selective pressure among the RV-C to fix mutations elsewhere in the VP1, creating a possible compensatory epitope.
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- Holly A Basta
- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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Nicolai A, Ferrara M, Schiavariello C, Gentile F, Grande M, Alessandroni C, Midulla F. Viral bronchiolitis in children: a common condition with few therapeutic options. Early Hum Dev 2013; 89 Suppl 3:S7-11. [PMID: 23972293 PMCID: PMC7130661 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Even though bronchiolitis is a disease that has been recognized for many years, there are still few therapeutic strategies beyond supportive therapies. Bronchiolitis is the most frequent cause of hospital admission in children less than 1 year of age. The incidence is estimated to be about 150° million cases a year worldwide, and 2-3% of these cases require hospitalization. It is acknowledged that viruses cause bronchiolitis, but most of the studies focus on RSV. The RSV causes a more severe form of bronchiolitis in children with risk factors including prematurity, cardiovascular disease and immunodeficiency. Other viruses involved in causing bronchiolitis include RV, hMPV, hBoV and co-infections. The RV seems to be associated with a less severe acute disease, but there is a correlation between the early infection and subsequent wheezing bronchitis and asthma in later childhood and adulthood. The supportive therapies used are intravenous fluids and oxygen supplement administered by nasal cannula or CPAP in most complicated patients. Additional pharmacological therapies include epinephrine, 3% hypertonic saline and corticosteroids. The Epinephrine seems to have the greatest short-term benefits and reduces the need of hospital admission, whereas hypertonic saline and corticosteroids seem to reduce the length of hospital stay. As bronchiolitis is such a prevalent disease in children and RV seems to play an important role, perhaps more studies should center around the RV's contribution to the initial disease and following pathology.
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- Corresponding author at: Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Roma, Paediatric Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Tel.: + 39 0649979363.
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Song JH, Park KS, Kwon DH, Choi HJ. Anti-human rhinovirus 2 activity and mode of action of quercetin-7-glucoside from Lagerstroemia speciosa. J Med Food 2013; 16:274-9. [PMID: 23566054 DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2012.2290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are a major cause of the common cold, but there is currently, no registered clinically effective antiviral chemotherapeutic agent for treatment of diseases caused by HRVs. In this study, we examined the antiviral activity of quercetin 7-glucoside (Q7G) from Lagerstroemia speciosa against human rhinovirus 2 (HRV2) using a cytopathic effect (CPE) reduction method. Furthermore, to elucidate the action of Q7G on HRV2 multiplication in more detail, we investigated the effect of Q7G on the infection cycle of HRV2 through time-of-addition study, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis, and effects of Q7G on the infectivity of HRV2 particles. Q7G potently showed anti-HRV2 activity by reducing the formation of a visible CPE. Q7G also inhibited virus replication in the initial stage of virus infection by indirect interaction with virus particles, and ribavirin had a relative weaker efficacy compared to Q7G. Therefore, these data suggest that Q7G exerted its anti-HRV2 effect via the inhibition of virus replication in the early stage and these findings provide important information for the utilization of Q7G for HRV2 treatment.
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- Jae Hyoung Song
- Department of Herbal Resources, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea
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Fuchs O, von Mutius E. Prenatal and childhood infections: implications for the development and treatment of childhood asthma. THE LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE 2013; 1:743-54. [PMID: 24429277 PMCID: PMC7104105 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(13)70145-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Bacterial and viral infections occur early and recurrently in life and thereby impose a substantial disease burden. Besides causing clinical symptoms, a potential role of infection in the development of the asthma syndrome later in life has also been suggested. However, whether bacterial and viral infections unmask host factors in children at risk of asthma or whether they directly cause asthma remains unclear; both viewpoints could be justified, but the underlying mechanisms are complex and poorly understood. Recently, the role of the bacterial microbiome has been emphasised. But data are still sparse and future studies are needed for definitive conclusions to be made. In this Review, we discuss present knowledge of viruses and bacteria that infect and colonise the respiratory tract and mucosal surfaces, including their timepoint of action, host factors related to infection, and their effect on childhood asthma. Childhood asthma could be the result of a combination of altered host susceptibility and infectious agents.
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- Oliver Fuchs
- Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Comprehensive Pneumology Centre Munich (CPC-M), Munich, Germany.
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- Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Comprehensive Pneumology Centre Munich (CPC-M), Munich, Germany
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An anti-human ICAM-1 antibody inhibits rhinovirus-induced exacerbations of lung inflammation. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003520. [PMID: 23935498 PMCID: PMC3731244 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Human rhinoviruses (HRV) cause the majority of common colds and acute exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Effective therapies are urgently needed, but no licensed treatments or vaccines currently exist. Of the 100 identified serotypes, ∼90% bind domain 1 of human intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) as their cellular receptor, making this an attractive target for development of therapies; however, ICAM-1 domain 1 is also required for host defence and regulation of cell trafficking, principally via its major ligand LFA-1. Using a mouse anti-human ICAM-1 antibody (14C11) that specifically binds domain 1 of human ICAM-1, we show that 14C11 administered topically or systemically prevented entry of two major groups of rhinoviruses, HRV16 and HRV14, and reduced cellular inflammation, pro-inflammatory cytokine induction and virus load in vivo. 14C11 also reduced cellular inflammation and Th2 cytokine/chemokine production in a model of major group HRV-induced asthma exacerbation. Interestingly, 14C11 did not prevent cell adhesion via human ICAM-1/LFA-1 interactions in vitro, suggesting the epitope targeted by 14C11 was specific for viral entry. Thus a human ICAM-1 domain-1-specific antibody can prevent major group HRV entry and induction of airway inflammation in vivo.
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Identification of Recombinant Human Rhinovirus A and C in Circulating Strains from Upper and Lower Respiratory Infections. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68081. [PMID: 23826363 PMCID: PMC3695095 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Human rhinoviruses (HRVs), in the Enterovirus genus within the family Picornaviridae, are a highly prevalent cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI). Enteroviruses are genetically highly variable, and recombination between serotypes is known to be a major contribution to their diversity. Recently it was reported that recombination events in HRVs cause the diversity of HRV-C. This study analyzed parts of the viral genes spanning the 5′ non- coding region (NCR) through to the viral protein (VP) encoding sequences of 105 HRV field isolates from 51 outpatient cases of Acute Respiratory Infectious Network (ARINET) and 54 inpatient cases of severe lower respiratory infection (SLRI) surveillance, in order to identify recombination in field samples. When analyzing parts of the 5′NCR and VP4/VP2 encoding sequences, we found intra- and interspecies recombinants in field strains of HRV-A and -C. Nineteen cases of recombination events (18.1%) were found among 105 field strains. For HRV-A, there were five cases (4.8%) of intraspecies recombination events and three cases (2.8%) of interspecies recombination events. For HRV-C, there were four cases (3.8%) of intraspecies recombination events and seven cases (6.7%) of interspecies recombination events. Recombination events were significantly more frequently observed in the ARINET samples (18 cases) than in the SLRI samples (1 case; P< 0.0001). The recombination breakpoints were located in nucleotides (nt) 472–554, which comprise stem-loop 5 in the internal ribosomal entry site (IRES), based on the HRV-B 35 sequence (accession no. FJ445187). Our findings regarding genomic recombination in circulating HRV-A and -C strains suggest that recombination might play a role in HRV fitness and could be a possible determinant of disease severity caused by various HRV infections in patients with ARI.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common respiratory pathogen in infants and young children worldwide. Furthermore, epidemiological evidence has been accumulating that RSV lower respiratory tract infection in infants may be linked to subsequent development of recurrent wheezing and asthma in childhood. This article reviews the epidemiological evidence linking RSV and asthma and some new hypotheses of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of postviral airway inflammation and hyperreactivity that have been proposed to explain the epidemiological link. RECENT FINDINGS New epidemiological studies have suggested that viral pathogens other than RSV, especially human rhinoviruses (HRV), may play an important role in the inception of atopic asthma. Also, recent experimental evidence is challenging the widely accepted axiom that RSV is cleared from immunocompetent hosts within weeks from the onset of the infection. In particular, bone marrow stromal cells may be a frequent target of human RSV infection, develop structural and functional changes when infected, participate actively in the pathogenesis of the acute disease, and harbor the virus chronically, allowing persistence of the infection. SUMMARY RSV - and possibly other common respiratory pathogens - play an important role not only in the exacerbation, but also in the inception of asthma. The latter effect may involve the persistence of latent virus in extrapulmonary tissues, similar to what has been recently found for some bacterial species. The most immediate consequence of these discoveries is that future prophylactic and therapeutic strategies for common infections caused by viral or bacterial pathogens may have to address the coverage of remote sites of latent persistence or replication, in order to avoid chronic sequelae-recurrent wheezing and asthma.
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Human rhinoviruses (HRVs), first discovered in the 1950s, are responsible for more than one-half of cold-like illnesses and cost billions of dollars annually in medical visits and missed days of work. Advances in molecular methods have enhanced our understanding of the genomic structure of HRV and have led to the characterization of three genetically distinct HRV groups, designated groups A, B, and C, within the genus Enterovirus and the family Picornaviridae. HRVs are traditionally associated with upper respiratory tract infection, otitis media, and sinusitis. In recent years, the increasing implementation of PCR assays for respiratory virus detection in clinical laboratories has facilitated the recognition of HRV as a lower respiratory tract pathogen, particularly in patients with asthma, infants, elderly patients, and immunocompromised hosts. Cultured isolates of HRV remain important for studies of viral characteristics and disease pathogenesis. Indeed, whether the clinical manifestations of HRV are related directly to viral pathogenicity or secondary to the host immune response is the subject of ongoing research. There are currently no approved antiviral therapies for HRVs, and treatment remains primarily supportive. This review provides a comprehensive, up-to-date assessment of the basic virology, pathogenesis, clinical epidemiology, and laboratory features of and treatment and prevention strategies for HRVs.
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- Samantha E. Jacobs
- Transplantation-Oncology Infectious Diseases Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York, USA
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- Transplantation-Oncology Infectious Diseases Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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Infection and propagation of human rhinovirus C in human airway epithelial cells. J Virol 2012; 86:13524-32. [PMID: 23035218 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02094-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human rhinovirus species C (HRV-C) was recently discovered using molecular diagnostic techniques and is associated with lower respiratory tract disease, particularly in children. HRV-C cannot be propagated in immortalized cell lines, and currently sinus organ culture is the only system described that is permissive to HRV-C infection ex vivo. However, the utility of organ culture for studying HRV-C biology is limited. Here, we report that a previously described HRV-C derived from an infectious cDNA, HRV-C15, infects and propagates in fully differentiated human airway epithelial cells but not in undifferentiated cells. We demonstrate that this differentiated epithelial cell culture system supports infection and replication of a second virus generated from a cDNA clone, HRV-C11. We show that HRV-C15 virions preferentially bind fully differentiated airway epithelial cells, suggesting that the block to replication in undifferentiated cells is at the step of viral entry. Consistent with previous reports, HRV-C15 utilizes a cellular receptor other than ICAM-1 or LDLR for infection of differentiated epithelial cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate that HRV-C15 replication can be inhibited by an HRV 3C protease inhibitor (rupintrivir) but not an HRV capsid inhibitor previously under clinical development (pleconaril). The HRV-C cell culture system described here provides a powerful tool for studying the biology of HRV-C and the discovery and development of HRV-C inhibitors.
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Othumpangat S, Regier M, Piedimonte G. Nerve growth factor modulates human rhinovirus infection in airway epithelial cells by controlling ICAM-1 expression. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 302:L1057-66. [PMID: 22427528 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00365.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Human rhinoviruses (HRV) are the most common agent of upper respiratory infections and an important cause of lower respiratory tract symptoms. Our previous research with other viral pathogens has shown that virus-induced airway inflammation and hyperreactivity involve neurotrophic pathways that also affect tropism and severity of the infection. The goals of this study were to analyze systematically the expression of key neurotrophic factors and receptors during HRV-16 infection of human airway epithelial cells and to test the hypothesis that neurotrophins modulate HRV infection by controlling the expression of a major cellular receptor for this virus, the intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1). Neurotrophins and ICAM-1 expression were analyzed at the mRNA level by real-time PCR and at the protein level by flow cytometry and immunocytochemistry. A small inhibitory RNA (siRNA) or a specific blocking antibody was utilized to suppress nerve growth factor (NGF) expression and measure its effects on viral replication and virus-induced cell death. Nasal and bronchial epithelial cells were most susceptible to HRV-16 infection at 33°C and 37°C, respectively, and a significant positive relationship was noted between expression of NGF and tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA) and virus copy number. ICAM-1 expression was dose dependently upregulated by exogenous NGF and significantly downregulated by NGF inhibition with corresponding decrease in HRV-16 replication. NGF inhibition also increased apoptotic death of infected cells. Our results suggest that HRV upregulates the NGF-TrkA pathway in airway epithelial cells, which in turn amplifies viral replication by increasing HRV entry via ICAM-1 receptors and by limiting apoptosis.
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- Sreekumar Othumpangat
- Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Research Institute, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Dr., Morgantown, WV 26506-9214, USA
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Bochkov YA, Gern JE. Clinical and molecular features of human rhinovirus C. Microbes Infect 2012; 14:485-94. [PMID: 22285901 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Revised: 12/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/26/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A newly discovered group of human rhinoviruses (HRVs) has been classified as the HRV-C species based on distinct genomic features. HRV-Cs circulate worldwide, and are important causes of upper and lower respiratory illnesses. Methods to culture and produce these viruses have recently been developed, and should enable identification of unique features of HRV-C replication and biology.
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- Yury A Bochkov
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
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