2024
Lung Epithelium Releases Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Response to Pathogen-mediated Injury
Shah F, Bahudhanapati H, Jiang M, Tabary M, van der Geest R, Tolman N, Kochin M, Xiong Z, Al-Yousif N, Sayed K, Benos P, Raffensperger K, Evankovich J, Neal M, Snyder M, Eickelberg O, Ray P, Dela Cruz C, Bon J, McVerry B, Straub A, Jurczak M, Suber T, Zhang Y, Chen K, Kitsios G, Lee J, Alder J, Bain W. Lung Epithelium Releases Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Response to Pathogen-mediated Injury. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2024, 70: 379-391. PMID: 38301257, PMCID: PMC11109583, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2023-0429oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung injuryPlasma levelsLung epitheliumGDF15 levelsAssociated with plasma levelsAcute respiratory distress syndromeGrowth differentiation factor 15Acute respiratory failureRespiratory distress syndromeWild-type miceLung cytokine levelsHuman lung epitheliumAcute lung injuryDifferentiation factor 15Levels of GDF15Critically ill humansPrognostic of mortalitySARS-CoV-2 infectionCirculating GDF15 levelsRespiratory tract levelRespiratory failureDistress syndromeCytokine profileStress cytokinesCytokine levels
2015
Regulation of Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta by Interleukin-15 in the Lung during Cigarette Smoking and Influenza Virus Infection
Wang J, Liu W, Marion C, Singh R, Andrews N, Lee CG, Elias JA, Dela Cruz CS. Regulation of Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta by Interleukin-15 in the Lung during Cigarette Smoking and Influenza Virus Infection. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2015, 53: 822-833. PMID: 25923039, PMCID: PMC4742936, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2014-0448oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza virus infectionCS exposureVirus infectionIL-15WT miceIL-15 knockout miceIL-15 receptor αIL-15 transgenic miceLong-term CS exposureChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseIL-15tg miceLung interstitial macrophagesCigarette smoke exposureVirus-induced exacerbationsObstructive pulmonary diseaseAntiviral immune responseWild-type miceRetinoic acid receptor betaRA receptor βAcid receptor betaLung injuryLung functionPulmonary diseaseRARβ expressionSmoke exposure
2008
Cigarette smoke selectively enhances viral PAMP– and virus-induced pulmonary innate immune and remodeling responses in mice
Kang MJ, Lee CG, Lee JY, Dela Cruz CS, Chen ZJ, Enelow R, Elias JA. Cigarette smoke selectively enhances viral PAMP– and virus-induced pulmonary innate immune and remodeling responses in mice. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2008, 118: 2771-2784. PMID: 18654661, PMCID: PMC2483678, DOI: 10.1172/jci32709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseMitochondrial antiviral signaling proteinCigarette smokeDisease exacerbationIFN-gammaInnate immunityViral PAMPsEffects of CSIL-12/ILSevere disease exacerbationsObstructive pulmonary diseaseEffects of influenzaType I IFNAirway fibrosisAirway inflammationLung functionPulmonary diseasePulmonary inflammationIL-18IL-18RalphaI IFNMurine lungViral infectionInflammationRNA-dependent protein kinase