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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
Abstract
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
- Correspondence:
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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
Abstract
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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Smith AM, Ramirez RM, Harper N, Jimenez F, Branum AP, Meunier JA, Pandranki L, Carrillo A, Winter C, Winter L, Rather CG, Ramirez DA, Andrews CP, Restrepo MI, Maselli DJ, Pugh JA, Clark RA, Lee GC, Moreira AG, Manoharan MS, Okulicz JF, Jacobs RL, Ahuja SK. Large-scale provocation studies identify maladaptive responses to ubiquitous aeroallergens as a correlate of severe allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma. Allergy 2022; 77:1797-1814. [PMID: 34606106 PMCID: PMC9298287 DOI: 10.1111/all.15124] [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: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Allergic asthma (AA) and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (ARC) are common comorbid environmentally triggered diseases. We hypothesized that severe AA/ARC reflects a maladaptive or unrestrained response to ubiquitous aeroallergens. METHODS We performed provocation studies wherein six separate cohorts of persons (total n = 217) with ARC, with or without AA, were challenged once or more with fixed concentrations of seasonal or perennial aeroallergens in an aeroallergen challenge chamber (ACC). RESULTS Aeroallergen challenges elicited fully or partially restrained vs. unrestrained evoked symptom responsiveness, corresponding to the resilient and adaptive vs. maladaptive AA/ARC phenotypes, respectively. The maladaptive phenotype was evoked more commonly during challenge with a non-endemic versus endemic seasonal aeroallergen. In an AA cohort, symptom responses evoked after house dust mite (HDM) challenges vs. recorded in the natural environment were more accurate and precise predictors of asthma severity and control, lung function (FEV1), and mechanistic correlates of maladaptation. Correlates included elevated levels of peripheral blood CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells, eosinophils, and T-cell activation, as well as gene expression proxies for ineffectual epithelial injury/repair responses. Evoked symptom severity after HDM challenge appeared to be more closely related to levels of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells than eosinophils, neutrophils, or HDM-specific IgE. CONCLUSIONS Provocation studies support the concept that resilience, adaptation, and maladaptation to environmental disease triggers calibrate AA/ARC severity. Despite the ubiquity of aeroallergens, in response to these disease triggers in controlled settings (ie, ACC), most atopic persons manifest the resilient or adaptive phenotype. Thus, ARC/AA disease progression may reflect the failure to preserve the resilient or adaptive phenotype. The triangulation of CD8+ T-cell activation, airway epithelial injury/repair processes and maladaptation in mediating AA disease severity needs more investigation.
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Lammers A, Brinkman P, te Nijenhuis LH, Vries R, Dagelet YWF, Duijvelaar E, Xu B, Abdel‐Aziz MI, Vijverberg SJ, Neerincx AH, Frey U, Lutter R, Maitland‐van der Zee AH, Sterk PJ, Sinha A. Increased day-to-day fluctuations in exhaled breath profiles after a rhinovirus challenge in asthma. Allergy 2021; 76:2488-2499. [PMID: 33704785 PMCID: PMC8360186 DOI: 10.1111/all.14811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Background Early detection/prediction of flare‐ups in asthma, commonly triggered by viruses, would enable timely treatment. Previous studies on exhaled breath analysis by electronic nose (eNose) technology could discriminate between stable and unstable episodes of asthma, using single/few time‐points. To investigate its monitoring properties during these episodes, we examined day‐to‐day fluctuations in exhaled breath profiles, before and after a rhinovirus‐16 (RV16) challenge, in healthy and asthmatic adults. Methods In this proof‐of‐concept study, 12 atopic asthmatic and 12 non‐atopic healthy adults were prospectively followed thrice weekly, 60 days before, and 30 days after a RV16 challenge. Exhaled breath profiles were detected using an eNose, consisting of 7 different sensors. Per sensor, individual means were calculated using pre‐challenge visits. Absolute deviations (|%|) from this baseline were derived for all visits. Within‐group comparisons were tested with Mann‐Whitney U tests and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Finally, Spearman's correlations between the total change in eNose deviations and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), cold‐like symptoms, and pro‐inflammatory cytokines were examined. Results Both groups had significantly increased eNose fluctuations post‐challenge, which in asthma started 1 day post‐challenge, before the onset of symptoms. Discrimination between pre‐ and post‐challenge reached an area under the ROC curve of 0.82 (95% CI = 0.65–0.99) in healthy and 0.97 (95% CI = 0.91–1.00) in asthmatic adults. The total change in eNose deviations moderately correlated with IL‐8 and TNFα (ρ ≈ .50–0.60) in asthmatics. Conclusion Electronic nose fluctuations rapidly increase after a RV16 challenge, with distinct differences between healthy and asthmatic adults, suggesting that this technology could be useful in monitoring virus‐driven unstable episodes in asthma.
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- Ariana Lammers
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Breathomix BV Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- EuroMov Digital Health in Motion Univ Montpellier IMT Mines Ales Ales France
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB University of Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Department of Experimental Immunology Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Repetitive aeroallergen challenges elucidate maladaptive epithelial and inflammatory traits that underpin allergic airway diseases. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2021; 148:533-549. [PMID: 33493557 PMCID: PMC8298629 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Signifying the 2-compartments/1-disease paradigm, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (ARC) and asthma (AA) are prevalent, comorbid conditions triggered by environmental factors (eg, house dust mites [HDMs]). However, despite the ubiquity of triggers, progression to severe ARC/AA is infrequent, suggesting either resilience or adaptation. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether ARC/AA severity relates to maladaptive responses to disease triggers. METHODS Adults with HDM-associated ARC were challenged repetitively with HDMs in an aeroallergen challenge chamber. Mechanistic traits associated with disease severity were identified. RESULTS HDM challenges evoked maladaptive (persistently higher ARC symptoms), adaptive (progressive symptom reduction), and resilient (resistance to symptom induction) phenotypes. Symptom severity in the natural environment was an imprecise correlate of the phenotypes. Nasal airway traits, defined by low inflammation-effectual epithelial integrity, moderate inflammation-effectual epithelial integrity, and higher inflammation-ineffectual epithelial integrity, were hallmarks of the resilient, adaptive, and maladaptive evoked phenotypes, respectively. Highlighting a crosstalk mechanism, peripheral blood inflammatory tone calibrated these traits: ineffectual epithelial integrity associated with CD8+ T cells, whereas airway inflammation associated with both CD8+ T cells and eosinophils. Hallmark peripheral blood maladaptive traits were increased natural killer and CD8+ T cells, lower CD4+ mucosal-associated invariant T cells, and deficiencies along the TLR-IRF-IFN antiviral pathway. Maladaptive traits tracking HDM-associated ARC also contributed to AA risk and severity models. CONCLUSIONS Repetitive challenges with HDMs revealed that maladaptation to disease triggers may underpin ARC/AA disease severity. A combinatorial therapeutic approach may involve reversal of loss-of-beneficial-function traits (ineffectual epithelial integrity, TLR-IRF-IFN deficiencies), mitigation of gain-of-adverse-function traits (inflammation), and blocking of a detrimental crosstalk between the peripheral blood and airway compartments.
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Di Caro V, Della Libera C. Statistical learning of target selection and distractor suppression shape attentional priority according to different timeframes. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13761. [PMID: 34215819 PMCID: PMC8253746 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93335-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent findings suggest that attentional and oculomotor control is heavily affected by past experience, giving rise to selection and suppression history effects, so that target selection is facilitated if they appear at frequently attended locations, and distractor filtering is facilitated at frequently ignored locations. While selection history effects once instantiated seem to be long-lasting, whether suppression history is similarly durable is still debated. We assessed the permanence of these effects in a unique experimental setting investigating eye-movements, where the locations associated with statistical unbalances were exclusively linked with either target selection or distractor suppression. Experiment 1 and 2 explored the survival of suppression history in the long and in the short term, respectively, revealing that its lingering traces are relatively short lived. Experiment 3 showed that in the very same experimental context, selection history effects were long lasting. These results seem to suggest that different mechanisms support the learning-induced plasticity triggered by selection and suppression history. Specifically, while selection history may depend on lasting changes within stored representations of the visual space, suppression history effects hinge instead on a functional plasticity which is transient in nature, and involves spatial representations which are constantly updated and adaptively sustain ongoing oculomotor control.
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- Valeria Di Caro
- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
- Section of Physiology and Psychology, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona - Medical School, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134, Verona, Italy.
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Meister I, Zhang P, Sinha A, Sköld CM, Wheelock ÅM, Izumi T, Chaleckis R, Wheelock CE. High-Precision Automated Workflow for Urinary Untargeted Metabolomic Epidemiology. Anal Chem 2021; 93:5248-5258. [PMID: 33739820 PMCID: PMC8041248 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Urine is a noninvasive biofluid that is rich in polar metabolites and well suited for metabolomic epidemiology. However, because of individual variability in health and hydration status, the physiological concentration of urine can differ >15-fold, which can pose major challenges in untargeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) metabolomics. Although numerous urine normalization methods have been implemented (e.g., creatinine, specific gravity-SG), most are manual and, therefore, not practical for population-based studies. To address this issue, we developed a method to measure SG in 96-well-plates using a refractive index detector (RID), which exhibited accuracy within 85-115% and <3.4% precision. Bland-Altman statistics showed a mean deviation of -0.0001 SG units (limits of agreement: -0.0014 to 0.0011) relative to a hand-held refractometer. Using this RID-based SG normalization, we developed an automated LC-MS workflow for untargeted urinary metabolomics in a 96-well-plate format. The workflow uses positive and negative ionization HILIC chromatography and acquires mass spectra in data-independent acquisition (DIA) mode at three collision energies. Five technical internal standards (tISs) were used to monitor data quality in each method, all of which demonstrated raw coefficients of variation (CVs) < 10% in the quality controls (QCs) and < 20% in the samples for a small cohort (n = 87 urine samples, n = 22 QCs). Application in a large cohort (n = 842 urine samples, n = 248 QCs) demonstrated CVQC < 5% and CVsamples < 16% for 4/5 tISs after signal drift correction by cubic spline regression. The workflow identified >540 urinary metabolites including endogenous and exogenous compounds. This platform is suitable for performing urinary untargeted metabolomic epidemiology and will be useful for applications in population-based molecular phenotyping.
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- Isabel Meister
- Gunma
University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR), Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
- Division
of Physiological Chemistry 2, Department of Medical Biochemistry and
Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Biomedicum Quartier 9A, Stockholm 171-77, Sweden
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- Gunma
University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR), Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
- Division
of Physiological Chemistry 2, Department of Medical Biochemistry and
Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Biomedicum Quartier 9A, Stockholm 171-77, Sweden
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- Department
of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
- Department
of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
- Computational
Physiology and Biostatistics, University
Children’s Hospital, Spitalstrasse 33, Basel 4056, Switzerland
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- Respiratory
Medicine Unit, K2 Department of Medicine Solna and Center for Molecular
Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 141-86, Sweden
- Department
of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska
University Hospital, Stockholm 141-86, Sweden
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- Respiratory
Medicine Unit, K2 Department of Medicine Solna and Center for Molecular
Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 141-86, Sweden
- Department
of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska
University Hospital, Stockholm 141-86, Sweden
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- Gunma
University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR), Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
- Department
of Biochemistry, Gunma University Graduate
School of Medicine, 3-39-22
Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
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- Gunma
University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR), Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
- Division
of Physiological Chemistry 2, Department of Medical Biochemistry and
Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Biomedicum Quartier 9A, Stockholm 171-77, Sweden
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- Gunma
University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR), Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
- Division
of Physiological Chemistry 2, Department of Medical Biochemistry and
Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Biomedicum Quartier 9A, Stockholm 171-77, Sweden
- Department
of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska
University Hospital, Stockholm 141-86, Sweden
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Abe Y, Suzuki M, Kimura H, Shimizu K, Makita H, Nishimura M, Konno S. Annual Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements and Exacerbations in Severe Asthma. J Asthma Allergy 2020; 13:731-741. [PMID: 33380812 PMCID: PMC7769199 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s289592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Purpose Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) reflects eosinophilic inflammation of the airways. However, the significance of longitudinal assessment of FENO, including its variability, in the clinical course of severe asthma remains unclear. The aim of this study is to examine the association between long-term changes in FENO and the development of exacerbations in severe asthma. Patients and Methods Among the severe asthma patients enrolled in the Hokkaido Severe Asthma Cohort Study, 100 patients with severe asthma who completed a 3-year follow-up in which FENO was measured annually were included. According to the FENO level at baseline, 1 year, and 2 years, the patients were classified into three groups: the sustained high group (≥50 ppb at all three visits), the sustained low group (<25 ppb at all three visits), and the intermediate group (other). Subjects in the intermediate group were further classified into two groups based on the median value of the coefficient of variation (CV) of FENO during the 3 years (high CV and low CV intermediate groups). Results The sustained high group experienced shorter exacerbation-free survival and more frequent exacerbations than the sustained low group (median number of exacerbation events, 3 vs 0, p = 0.01). In the intermediate group, the high CV group experienced shorter exacerbation-free survival than the low CV group, and the CV of FENO was an independent contributing factor to the development of exacerbations. Conclusion Persistence of FENO above 50 ppb over the years as well as the presence of large variations in FENO levels was associated with the development of exacerbations in patients with severe asthma.
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- Yuki Abe
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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Sterk PJ, Sinha A. Emerging Complexity in the Biomarkers of Exacerbation-Prone Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 202:915-917. [PMID: 32631075 PMCID: PMC7528798 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202005-2004ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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- Peter J Sterk
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and.,Department of Bioengineering, University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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Sinha A, Lutter R, Dekker T, Dierdorp B, J. Sterk P, Frey U, Delgado-Eckert E. Can Measurements of Inflammatory Biomarkers be Used to Spot Respiratory Viral Infections? Viruses 2020; 12:v12101175. [PMID: 33080844 PMCID: PMC7594027 DOI: 10.3390/v12101175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Accurate detection of human respiratory viral infections is highly topical. We investigated how strongly inflammatory biomarkers (FeNO, eosinophils, neutrophils, and cytokines in nasal lavage fluid) and lung function parameters change upon rhinovirus 16 infection, in order to explore their potential use for infection detection. To this end, within a longitudinal cohort study, healthy and mildly asthmatic volunteers were experimentally inoculated with rhinovirus 16, and time series of these parameters/biomarkers were systematically recorded and compared between the pre- and post-infection phases of the study, which lasted two months and one month, respectively. We found that the parameters’/biomarkers’ ability to discriminate between the infected and the uninfected state varied over the observation time period. Consistently over time, the concentration of cytokines, in nasal lavage fluid, showed moderate to very good discrimination performance, thereby qualifying for disease progression monitoring, whereas lung function and FeNO, while quickly and non-invasively measurable using cheap portable devices (e.g., at airports), performed poorly.
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- Anirban Sinha
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (R.L.); (P.J.S.)
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (T.D.); (B.D.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +31-20-566-4356
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (R.L.); (P.J.S.)
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (T.D.); (B.D.)
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (T.D.); (B.D.)
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (T.D.); (B.D.)
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (R.L.); (P.J.S.)
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- Computational Physiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland
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- University Children’s Hospital (UKBB), University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 33, Postfach, 4031 Basel, Switzerland; (U.F.); (E.D.-E.)
- Computational Physiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland
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Abdel‐Aziz MI, de Vries R, Lammers A, Xu B, Neerincx AH, Vijverberg SJH, Dagelet YWF, Kraneveld AD, Frey U, Lutter R, Sterk PJ, Maitland‐van der Zee AH, Sinha A. Cross-sectional biomarker comparisons in asthma monitoring using a longitudinal design: The eNose premise. Allergy 2020; 75:2690-2693. [PMID: 32542855 DOI: 10.1111/all.14354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mahmoud I. Abdel‐Aziz
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy Assiut University Assiut Egypt
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Breathomix BV Reeuwijk The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- EuroMov Digital Health in Motion Univ Montpellier, IMT Mines Ales Ales France
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
| | - Susanne J. H. Vijverberg
- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Division of Pharmacology Faculty of Science Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) Utrecht University Utrecht the Netherlands
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Institute for Risk As‐+essment Sciences Utrecht University Utrecht the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and University Children’s Hospital University of Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Department of Experimental Immunology Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC Emma Children's Hospital Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and University Children’s Hospital University of Basel Basel Switzerland
- Department of Experimental Immunology Amsterdam UMC University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands
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