Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization is associated with enhanced Th1 inflammatory gene expression in lungs of humans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Fitzpatrick ME, Tedrow JR, Hillenbrand ME, Lucht L, Richards T, Norris KA, Zhang Y, Sciurba FC, Kaminski N, Morris A. Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization is associated with enhanced Th1 inflammatory gene expression in lungs of humans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Microbiology And Immunology 2014, 58: 202-211. PMID: 24438206, PMCID: PMC4106795, DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseLung Tissue Research ConsortiumPneumocystis colonizationPulmonary diseaseCOPD pathogenesisLung gene expression profilesChemokine ligands CXCL9Cognate receptor CXCR3Finding of upregulationLungs of humansInflammatory gene expressionLung tissue samplesPotential key pathwaysGene expression profilesPneumocystis jirovecii colonizationReceptor CXCR3Ligands CXCL9Lymphocyte traffickingT lymphocytesInflammatory genesPneumocystis jiroveciiDisease pathogenesisExpression profilesLigand expression