Homeostatic Control of Innate Lung Inflammation by Vici Syndrome Gene Epg5 and Additional Autophagy Genes Promotes Influenza Pathogenesis
Lu Q, Yokoyama CC, Williams JW, Baldridge MT, Jin X, DesRochers B, Bricker T, Wilen CB, Bagaitkar J, Loginicheva E, Sergushichev A, Kreamalmeyer D, Keller BC, Zhao Y, Kambal A, Green DR, Martinez J, Dinauer MC, Holtzman MJ, Crouch EC, Beatty W, Boon AC, Zhang H, Randolph GJ, Artyomov MN, Virgin HW. Homeostatic Control of Innate Lung Inflammation by Vici Syndrome Gene Epg5 and Additional Autophagy Genes Promotes Influenza Pathogenesis. Cell Host & Microbe 2016, 19: 102-113. PMID: 26764600, PMCID: PMC4714358, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.12.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutophagy genesLung inflammationGene functionLethal influenza virus infectionBone marrow transplantation experimentsInnate immune inflammationInfluenza virus infectionEPG5Transplantation experimentsNormal homeostatic mechanismsHomeostatic controlInflammation supportLung transcriptomicsImmune inflammationRecurrent infectionsCytokine expressionInfluenza pathogenesisPulmonary abnormalitiesGenesInflammation resultsVirus infectionInfluenza resistanceElevated baselineHomeostatic mechanismsLung physiology