2015
Compartment-Specific and Sequential Role of MyD88 and CARD9 in Chemokine Induction and Innate Defense during Respiratory Fungal Infection
Jhingran A, Kasahara S, Shepardson KM, Junecko BA, Heung LJ, Kumasaka DK, Knoblaugh SE, Lin X, Kazmierczak BI, Reinhart TA, Cramer RA, Hohl TM. Compartment-Specific and Sequential Role of MyD88 and CARD9 in Chemokine Induction and Innate Defense during Respiratory Fungal Infection. PLOS Pathogens 2015, 11: e1004589. PMID: 25621893, PMCID: PMC4306481, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory fungal infectionsDistinct signal transduction pathwaysSignal transduction pathwaysNeutrophil recruitmentChemokine inductionGenetic deletionFungal infectionsFungal clearanceCellular compartmentsTransduction pathwaysC-type lectinProtein triggersLung epithelial cellsNeutrophil-dependent host defenseInterleukin-1 receptorReceptor signalsConidial uptakeLung neutrophil recruitmentLung-infiltrating neutrophilsNeutrophil chemokines CXCL1Sequential rolesMyD88-deficient miceHematopoietic compartmentProtein knockout miceMajor cellular source
2014
Distinct Contributions of Interleukin-1α (IL-1α) and IL-1β to Innate Immune Recognition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Lung
Al Moussawi K, Kazmierczak BI. Distinct Contributions of Interleukin-1α (IL-1α) and IL-1β to Innate Immune Recognition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Lung. Infection And Immunity 2014, 82: 4204-4211. PMID: 25069982, PMCID: PMC4187872, DOI: 10.1128/iai.02218-14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-1βIL-1αImmune responseCaspase-1Deficient miceExtracellular Toll-like receptorsNLRC4 inflammasomeStrong innate immune responseIL-1β signalRecruitment of neutrophilsToll-like receptorsInnate immune recognitionIL-1 receptorP. aeruginosa isolatesInnate immune responseP. aeruginosa infectionSite of infectionIL-1α secretionT3SS effectorsWild-type animalsNegative bacterial isolatesPseudomonas aeruginosaNeutrophilic responseAcute infectionNeutrophil recruitment