2022
Coronavirus Lung Infection Impairs Host Immunity against Secondary Bacterial Infection by Promoting Lysosomal Dysfunction.
Peng X, Kim J, Gupta G, Agaronyan K, Mankowski MC, Korde A, Takyar SS, Shin HJ, Habet V, Voth S, Audia JP, Chang D, Liu X, Wang L, Cai Y, Tian X, Ishibe S, Kang MJ, Compton S, Wilen CB, Dela Cruz CS, Sharma L. Coronavirus Lung Infection Impairs Host Immunity against Secondary Bacterial Infection by Promoting Lysosomal Dysfunction. The Journal Of Immunology 2022, 209: 1314-1322. PMID: 36165196, PMCID: PMC9523490, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Bacterial infectionsMouse modelCoronavirus infectionLysosomal dysfunctionMajor health care challengeLung immune cellsLung tissue damageSecondary bacterial infectionImpair host immunityIL-1β releaseHealth care challengesCell deathPyroptotic cell deathBacterial killing abilityIL-1βBacterial clearanceImmune cellsSecondary infectionHost immunityAlveolar macrophagesTissue damageΒ-coronavirusStructural cellsCare challenges
2014
Assessment of Phagocytic Activity of Cultured Macrophages Using Fluorescence Microscopy and Flow Cytometry
Sharma L, Wu W, Dholakiya SL, Gorasiya S, Wu J, Sitapara R, Patel V, Wang M, Zur M, Reddy S, Siegelaub N, Bamba K, Barile FA, Mantell LL. Assessment of Phagocytic Activity of Cultured Macrophages Using Fluorescence Microscopy and Flow Cytometry. Methods In Molecular Biology 2014, 1172: 137-145. PMID: 24908301, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0928-5_12.ChaptersMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineFlow CytometryFluorescein-5-isothiocyanateFluorescent DyesGene ExpressionGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHMGB1 ProteinInterleukin-1betaMacrophagesMiceMicroscopy, FluorescenceMicrospheresPhagocytosisTransforming Growth Factor beta1Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsCultured macrophagesHigh mobility group box 1Individual cellsInnate immune systemFluorescence microscopyNumerous diseasesPhagocytic processFluorescence microscopePhagocytic functionPhagocytic activityCell debrisPhagocytosisFlow cytometryMobility group box 1PhagocytesGroup box 1GM-CSFMacrophagesImmune systemTGF-β1Different cytokinesFlow cytometerIL-1βEngulfmentHomeostasis