2022
Recruited monocytes/macrophages drive pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation and irreversible lung tissue remodeling in cystic fibrosis
Öz H, Cheng E, Di Pietro C, Tebaldi T, Biancon G, Zeiss C, Zhang P, Huang P, Esquibies S, Britto C, Schupp J, Murray T, Halene S, Krause D, Egan M, Bruscia E. Recruited monocytes/macrophages drive pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation and irreversible lung tissue remodeling in cystic fibrosis. Cell Reports 2022, 41: 111797. PMID: 36516754, PMCID: PMC9833830, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC motif chemokine receptor 2Monocytes/macrophagesLung tissue damageCystic fibrosisTissue damageCF lungPulmonary neutrophilic inflammationPro-inflammatory environmentChemokine receptor 2CF lung diseaseNumber of monocytesSpecific therapeutic agentsGrowth factor βCF transmembrane conductance regulatorLung hyperinflammationLung neutrophiliaNeutrophilic inflammationNeutrophil inflammationInflammation contributesLung damageNeutrophil recruitmentLung diseaseLung tissueReceptor 2Therapeutic targetRecruitment of monocytes primed to express heme oxygenase-1 ameliorates pathological lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis
Di Pietro C, Öz HH, Zhang PX, Cheng EC, Martis V, Bonfield TL, Kelley TJ, Jubin R, Abuchowski A, Krause DS, Egan ME, Murray TS, Bruscia EM. Recruitment of monocytes primed to express heme oxygenase-1 ameliorates pathological lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis. Experimental & Molecular Medicine 2022, 54: 639-652. PMID: 35581352, PMCID: PMC9166813, DOI: 10.1038/s12276-022-00770-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeme oxygenase-1Cystic fibrosisOxygenase-1Myeloid differentiation factor 88Neutrophilic pulmonary inflammationChronic airway infectionDifferentiation factor 88HO-1 levelsDisease mouse modelPseudomonas aeruginosaRecruitment of monocytesResolution of inflammationMonocytes/macrophagesTreatment of CFConditional knockout miceMechanism of actionLung neutrophiliaNeutrophilic inflammationLung inflammationAirway infectionPulmonary diseasePulmonary inflammationFactor 88Lung damageProinflammatory cytokines
2021
Understanding the Host in the Management of Pneumonia. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report
Dela Cruz CS, Evans SE, Restrepo MI, Dean N, Torres A, Amara-Elori I, Awasthi S, Caler E, Cao B, Chalmers JD, Chastre J, Cohen TS, Cohen AH, Crothers K, Di YP, Egan ME, Feldman C, Gautam S, Halstead ES, Herold S, Jones BE, Luna C, Niederman MS, Mendez R, Menendez R, Mizgerd JP, Nusrat R, Ramirez J, Shindo Y, Waterer G, Yeligar SM, Wunderink RG. Understanding the Host in the Management of Pneumonia. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2021, 18: 1087-1097. PMID: 34242148, PMCID: PMC8328365, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202102-209st.BooksMeSH KeywordsConsensusCritical IllnessHumansImmunocompromised HostPneumoniaResearch ReportUnited StatesConceptsLung infectionOfficial American Thoracic Society Workshop ReportAmerican Thoracic Society meetingLong-term health outcomesRisk of pneumoniaHost risk factorsManagement of pneumoniaExtremes of ageClinical practice guidelinesTreatment of pneumoniaInnovative trial designsPneumonia pathogenesisCritical illnessPulmonary infectionImmunosuppressive disordersPneumonia therapyOutcome definitionsRisk factorsClinical trialsPractice guidelinesRespiratory diseasePneumoniaPneumonia StudySystemic effectsTrial design
2016
Increased susceptibility of Cftr−/− mice to LPS-induced lung remodeling
Bruscia E, Zhang P, Barone C, Scholte BJ, Homer R, Krause D, Egan ME. Increased susceptibility of Cftr−/− mice to LPS-induced lung remodeling. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2016, 310: l711-l719. PMID: 26851259, PMCID: PMC4836110, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00284.2015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung pathologyCF miceImmune responseWT miceChronic inflammationCystic fibrosisAbnormal immune responseChronic pulmonary infectionPersistent immune responseWild-type littermatesCF mouse modelsPseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharideCF lung pathologyPulmonary infectionChronic administrationLPS exposurePersistent inflammationLung remodelingWT littermatesLung tissueOverall pathologyMouse modelInflammationChronic exposureBacterial products