2017
Aging Impairs Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis and Increases Influenza-Induced Mortality in Mice
Wong CK, Smith CA, Sakamoto K, Kaminski N, Koff JL, Goldstein DR. Aging Impairs Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis and Increases Influenza-Induced Mortality in Mice. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 199: 1060-1068. PMID: 28646038, PMCID: PMC5557035, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlveolar macrophage phagocytosisInfluenza infectionAlveolar macrophagesLung damageMacrophage phagocytosisOlder peopleInfluenza-induced mortalityInfluenza viral infectionRetention of neutrophilsRespiratory virusesLung homeostasisLung infectionCell cycling pathwaysMurine modelViral infectionImpact immunityDefective phagocytosisApoptotic neutrophilsInfectionMacrophagesMortalityPhagocytosisNeutrophilsTranscriptional profilesCD204
2014
EGFR activation suppresses respiratory virus-induced IRF1-dependent CXCL10 production
Kalinowski A, Ueki I, Min-Oo G, Ballon-Landa E, Knoff D, Galen B, Lanier LL, Nadel JA, Koff JL. EGFR activation suppresses respiratory virus-induced IRF1-dependent CXCL10 production. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2014, 307: l186-l196. PMID: 24838750, PMCID: PMC4101792, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00368.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory viral infectionsRespiratory syncytial virusCXCL10 productionRespiratory virusesViral infectionIFN regulatory factorAirway epitheliumEGFR activationChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseEpithelial cellsExacerbation of asthmaObstructive pulmonary diseaseRecruitment of lymphocytesAdaptive immune responsesAirway epithelial cellsNADPH oxidase activationInhibition of EGFRVirus-infected cellsHuman viral pathogensPulmonary diseaseSyncytial virusEpithelial productionIL-8Viral pneumoniaEpidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation
2012
Rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses exert different effects on lung allograft function that are not mediated through acute rejection
Sayah DM, Koff JL, Leard LE, Hays SR, Golden JA, Singer JP. Rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses exert different effects on lung allograft function that are not mediated through acute rejection. Clinical Transplantation 2012, 27: e64-e71. PMID: 23278569, PMCID: PMC3558613, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung transplant recipientsAcute rejectionAllograft functionCARV infectionBiopsy-proven acute rejectionIncidence of ARLung allograft functionTransbronchial biopsy resultsReference groupChronic allograft rejectionRespiratory virus infectionsAllograft dysfunctionLung allograftsTransplant recipientsAllograft rejectionExpiratory volumePrimary outcomeRespiratory virusesAdverse outcomesClinical recordsRV infectionBaseline incidenceBiopsy resultsMonths postinfectionVirus infection