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 infection
2022
Recruitment of monocytes primed to express heme oxygenase-1 ameliorates pathological lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis
Di Pietro C, Öz HH, Zhang PX, Cheng EC, Martis V, Bonfield TL, Kelley TJ, Jubin R, Abuchowski A, Krause DS, Egan ME, Murray TS, Bruscia EM. Recruitment of monocytes primed to express heme oxygenase-1 ameliorates pathological lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis. Experimental & Molecular Medicine 2022, 54: 639-652. PMID: 35581352, PMCID: PMC9166813, DOI: 10.1038/s12276-022-00770-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeme oxygenase-1Cystic fibrosisOxygenase-1Myeloid differentiation factor 88Neutrophilic pulmonary inflammationChronic airway infectionDifferentiation factor 88HO-1 levelsDisease mouse modelPseudomonas aeruginosaRecruitment of monocytesResolution of inflammationMonocytes/macrophagesTreatment of CFConditional knockout miceMechanism of actionLung neutrophiliaNeutrophilic inflammationLung inflammationAirway infectionPulmonary diseasePulmonary inflammationFactor 88Lung damageProinflammatory cytokines
2012
The Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecule CORM-2 Attenuates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation
Murray TS, Okegbe C, Gao Y, Kazmierczak BI, Motterlini R, Dietrich LE, Bruscia EM. The Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecule CORM-2 Attenuates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e35499. PMID: 22563385, PMCID: PMC3338523, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCORM-2 treatmentP. aeruginosa lung infectionP. aeruginosaAeruginosa lung infectionCORM-2Clinical P. aeruginosaMolecule CORM-2Current antimicrobial agentsChronic infectionLung infectionNew therapiesRelated infectionsNon-mucoid strainsReactive oxygen speciesInfectionNovel therapeutic propertiesTherapeutic propertiesAntimicrobial agentsAdditive effectPseudomonas aeruginosaBiofilm formationOxygen speciesTreatmentAeruginosa