2023
PD-1highCXCR5–CD4+ peripheral helper T cells promote CXCR3+ plasmablasts in human acute viral infection
Asashima H, Mohanty S, Comi M, Ruff W, Hoehn K, Wong P, Klein J, Lucas C, Cohen I, Coffey S, Lele N, Greta L, Raddassi K, Chaudhary O, Unterman A, Emu B, Kleinstein S, Montgomery R, Iwasaki A, Dela Cruz C, Kaminski N, Shaw A, Hafler D, Sumida T. PD-1highCXCR5–CD4+ peripheral helper T cells promote CXCR3+ plasmablasts in human acute viral infection. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 111895. PMID: 36596303, PMCID: PMC9806868, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute viral infectionTph cellsViral infectionCXCR3 expressionClinical outcomesHelper TSevere viral infectionsB cell helpBetter clinical outcomesProtective humoral immunityT cell-B cell interactionsKey immune responsesPlasmablast expansionB cell differentiationCell subsetsHumoral immunityCell helpImmune responseInterferon γPlasmablast differentiationB cellsPlasmablastsCell responsesInfectionCD4
2020
Assessment of viral RNA in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using RNA-seq
Yin Q, Strong MJ, Zhuang Y, Flemington EK, Kaminski N, de Andrade JA, Lasky JA. Assessment of viral RNA in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using RNA-seq. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2020, 20: 81. PMID: 32245461, PMCID: PMC7119082, DOI: 10.1186/s12890-020-1114-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisViral RNA expressionViral infectionPulmonary fibrosisPathogenesis of IPFLung biopsy samplesRNA expressionHerpes virus infectionLow-level evidenceReal-time RT-PCRAcute exacerbationControl lungsLung tissueVirus infectionBiopsy samplesSelect virusesPossible associationInfectionRT-PCRStatistical differenceNext-generation sequencingViral RNAFibrosisVirusRNA-seq results
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