2020
Analysis of Lung Gene Expression Reveals a Role for Cl- channels in Diisocyanate Induced Airway Eosinophilia in a Mouse Model of Asthma Pathology
Wisnewski AV, Liu J, Redlich CA. Analysis of Lung Gene Expression Reveals a Role for Cl- channels in Diisocyanate Induced Airway Eosinophilia in a Mouse Model of Asthma Pathology. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2020, 0: 25-35. PMID: 32101465, PMCID: PMC7328250, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2019-0400oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory tract exposureAirway eosinophiliaMonocytes/macrophagesMouse modelGene expressionGene transcriptsBiological pathwaysAsthma pathologyUpregulated gene transcriptsIgE-independent mechanismsLung gene expressionLung tissue gene expressionCause of asthmaBALB/cTransgenic B cellsTissue gene expressionExpression changesDiisocyanate asthmaSensitized workersAsthma pathogenesisAirway fluidDeficient miceMRNA microarrayEosinophiliaB cells
2015
Glutathione Reaction Products with a Chemical Allergen, Methylene-diphenyl Diisocyanate, Stimulate Alternative Macrophage Activation and Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation
Wisnewski AV, Liu J, Colangelo CM. Glutathione Reaction Products with a Chemical Allergen, Methylene-diphenyl Diisocyanate, Stimulate Alternative Macrophage Activation and Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation. Chemical Research In Toxicology 2015, 28: 729-737. PMID: 25635619, PMCID: PMC4667722, DOI: 10.1021/tx5005002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEosinophilic inflammatory responseAlternative macrophage activationInflammatory responseChemical allergensMacrophage activationAirway eosinophil numbersEosinophilic airway inflammationInnate immune responseGreater inflammatory responseAirway levelsMDI conjugationAirway inflammationOccupational asthmaIL-12MDI exposureAsthma pathogenesisEosinophil numbersNaïve miceAirway fluidRespiratory tractImmune responseMucus productionSkin exposureMDI conjugatesVivo evidence
2012
Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) vapor reactivity with glutathione and subsequent transfer to human albumin
Wisnewski AV, Mhike M, Hettick JM, Liu J, Siegel PD. Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) vapor reactivity with glutathione and subsequent transfer to human albumin. Toxicology In Vitro 2012, 27: 662-671. PMID: 23178851, PMCID: PMC3587365, DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2012.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHDI vaporCommon occupational allergensRespiratory tract exposureHuman albuminLevels of GSHReaction productsGSH concentrationVapor exposureIntra-molecular cyclizationClinical responseOccupational allergensAsthma pathogenesisPolyclonal rabbit serumAirway fluidSerologic assaysLower GSH concentrationsVivo reactivityRabbit serumPotential mechanismsGlutathione reactivityMass spectrometryExposureReactivityGSH solutionKey step
2006
Biophysical determinants of toluene diisocyanate antigenicity associated with exposure and asthma
Ye YM, Kim CW, Kim HR, Kim HM, Suh CH, Nahm DH, Park HS, Redlich CA, Wisnewski AV. Biophysical determinants of toluene diisocyanate antigenicity associated with exposure and asthma. Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology 2006, 118: 885-891. PMID: 17030242, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.06.026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Glutathione protects human airway proteins and epithelial cells from isocyanates
Wisnewski AV, Liu Q, Liu J, Redlich CA. Glutathione protects human airway proteins and epithelial cells from isocyanates. Clinical & Experimental Allergy 2005, 35: 352-357. PMID: 15784115, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02185.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDose-dependent mannerAirway fluidGSH levelsHuman airway epithelial cellsVapor exposure systemEpithelial cellsHuman airway epithelial cell lineAirway epithelial cell lineEpithelial lining fluidAirway epithelial cellsEpithelial cell exposureEpithelial cell toxicityAllergic sensitizationEpithelial cell lineHDI exposureAirway proteinsLining fluidAirway cellsIsocyanate exposureVivo exposureOccupational limitsNCI-H292Physiologic levelsEpithelial fluidToxicity studies