2024
Phage Therapy for Respiratory Infections: Opportunities and Challenges
Khosravi A, Chen Q, Echterhof A, Koff J, Bollyky P. Phage Therapy for Respiratory Infections: Opportunities and Challenges. Lung 2024, 202: 223-232. PMID: 38772946, DOI: 10.1007/s00408-024-00700-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic lung infectionLung infectionRespiratory infectionsAntimicrobial resistancePhage therapyClinical trialsPhage therapy clinical trialsProgressive respiratory failureChronic respiratory infectionsPersonalized phage therapyAntimicrobial resistant infectionsPost-antibiotic eraPotential of phagesSalvage therapyAdjuvant therapyRespiratory failureDisease resolutionChronic respiratory diseasesTreatment efficacyTherapyTherapeutic potentialIncreased mortalityInfectionNovel antibioticsPhage
2023
Bacteriophage Therapy for Pan-Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Two Persons With Cystic Fibrosis
Hahn A, Sami I, Chaney H, Koumbourlis A, Del Valle Mojica C, Cochrane C, Chan B, Koff J. Bacteriophage Therapy for Pan-Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Two Persons With Cystic Fibrosis. Journal Of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports 2023, 11: 23247096231188243. PMID: 37515541, PMCID: PMC10387758, DOI: 10.1177/23247096231188243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary exacerbationsCF transmembrane conductance regulator geneTransmembrane conductance regulator geneChronic bacterial colonizationRecurrent lung infectionsStructural lung damagePediatric clinical trialsLung function declineLung inflammationTreatment modalitiesLung infectionCystic fibrosisLung damageClinical trialsTherapeutic strategiesAntibiotic resistanceBacterial colonizationMonogenic diseasesBacteriophage therapyRegulated genesViscous secretionsReduced survivalFunctional declineExacerbationBacteriophage
2022
Inhaled Bacteriophage Therapy for Multi-Drug Resistant Achromobacter.
Winzig F, Gandhi S, Lee A, Würstle S, Stanley G, Capuano I, Neuringer I, Koff J, Turner P, Chan B. Inhaled Bacteriophage Therapy for Multi-Drug Resistant Achromobacter. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2022, 95: 413-427. PMID: 36568830, PMCID: PMC9765334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCF patientsCystic fibrosisChronic pulmonary infectionGlobal public health threatBacterial lung infectionsChallenging clinical problemPublic health threatChronic bacterial lung infectionsPulmonary infectionRespiratory statusLung infectionClinical problemBacteriophage therapyInfectionAntimicrobial-resistant bacteriaTherapyHealth threatPhage therapyPatientsAMR infectionsResistant bacteriaLytic bacteriophagesPossible benefitsChemical antibioticsCurrent study
2021
Bacteriophage therapy for infections in CF
Chan BK, Stanley G, Modak M, Koff JL, Turner PE. Bacteriophage therapy for infections in CF. Pediatric Pulmonology 2021, 56: s4-s9. PMID: 33434411, DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCystic fibrosisPhage therapyBacteriophage therapyBacterial pathogensAntibiotic-resistant bacterial infectionsPulmonary complicationsClinical benefitCase reportLung infectionClinical trialsDisease progressionTarget bacterial pathogensTherapyBacterial infectionsNovel management strategiesPatient treatmentPatient dataInfectionStaphylococcus aureusTrialsPseudomonas aeruginosaPotential usefulnessPathogensLytic phagesComplications
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