2024
CCR2+ monocytes are dispensable to resolve acute pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in WT and cystic fibrosis mice
Öz H, Braga C, Gudneppanavar R, Di Pietro C, Huang P, Zhang P, Krause D, Egan M, Murray T, Bruscia E. CCR2+ monocytes are dispensable to resolve acute pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in WT and cystic fibrosis mice. Journal Of Leukocyte Biology 2024, qiae218. PMID: 39365279, DOI: 10.1093/jleuko/qiae218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLung tissue damageCystic fibrosisTissue damageMonocyte recruitmentImmune responsePulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infectionHyper-inflammatory immune responseCystic fibrosis micePropagate tissue damagePseudomonas aeruginosaLungs of patientsChronic neutrophilic inflammationImmunological response to infectionHost immune responseMonocyte-derived macrophagesTarget monocyte recruitmentSite of injuryResponse to infectionCFTR modulatorsPA infectionChronic inflammatory disease conditionsReduced bactericidal activityAdjunctive therapyClinical outcomesEradicate infection395 Altered hematopoiesis and functional decline of hematopoietic stem cells in cystic fibrosis mice
Braga C, Mancuso R, Thompson E, Oez H, Gudneppannavar R, Zhang P, Huang P, Egan M, Murray T, Krause D, Bruscia E. 395 Altered hematopoiesis and functional decline of hematopoietic stem cells in cystic fibrosis mice. Journal Of Cystic Fibrosis 2024, 23: s207-s208. DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(24)01235-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Nebulized Hyaluronan Ameliorates lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis mice
Gavina M, Luciani A, Villella VR, Esposito S, Ferrari E, Bressani I, Casale A, Bruscia EM, Maiuri L, Raia V. Nebulized Hyaluronan Ameliorates lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis mice. Pediatric Pulmonology 2012, 48: 761-771. PMID: 22825912, DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung inflammationCystic fibrosisLung tissueReactive oxygen speciesScnn1b-Tg miceHuman airway epithelial cellsSaline-treated miceChronic lung inflammationInflammatory protein-2Chronic respiratory diseasesPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor GammaPotential anti-inflammatory drugsAnti-inflammatory drugsAirway epithelial cellsCystic fibrosis miceIB3-1Myeloperoxidase levelsMIP-2MPO activityMacrophage infiltrationFibrosis miceTumor necrosisExogenous administrationTNFα expressionCF airways
2006
Assessment of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) activity in CFTR-null mice after bone marrow transplantation
Bruscia EM, Price JE, Cheng EC, Weiner S, Caputo C, Ferreira EC, Egan ME, Krause DS. Assessment of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) activity in CFTR-null mice after bone marrow transplantation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2006, 103: 2965-2970. PMID: 16481627, PMCID: PMC1413802, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0510758103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCftr-/- miceEpithelial cellsNasal epitheliumBM-derived cellsBone marrow transplantationWild-type BMAirway epithelial cellsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) activityCystic fibrosis miceRare epithelial cellsCftr-null miceMarrow transplantationBM transplantationFibrosis miceRespiratory tractCFTR activityGI tractBone marrowGastrointestinalChloride secretionCFTR-dependent chloride secretionIndividual miceTransplantationDifferent dosesMice