2024
Lytic bacteriophages induce the secretion of antiviral and proinflammatory cytokines from human respiratory epithelial cells
Zamora P, Reidy T, Armbruster C, Sun M, Van Tyne D, Turner P, Koff J, Bomberger J. Lytic bacteriophages induce the secretion of antiviral and proinflammatory cytokines from human respiratory epithelial cells. PLOS Biology 2024, 22: e3002566. PMID: 38652717, PMCID: PMC11037538, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002566.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLytic phagesLytic bacteriophagesPhage therapyAirway epithelial cellsPseudomonas aeruginosa phagesEpithelial cellsMultidrug resistanceAirway epitheliumCystic fibrosisProinflammatory cytokinesHuman respiratory epithelial cellsPhage exposurePhage familiesMammalian cell responsesHuman airway epithelial cellsInternalized phageTreat multidrug-resistantPhageBacterial isolatesTranscriptional profilesRespiratory epithelial cellsHuman hostChronic respiratory disordersBacterial biofilmsBacteriophage
2022
Bronchial epithelium epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity forms aberrant basaloid-like cells in vitro
Uthaya Kumar DB, Motakis E, Yurieva M, Kohar V, Martinek J, Wu TC, Khoury J, Grassmann J, Lu M, Palucka K, Kaminski N, Koff JL, Williams A. Bronchial epithelium epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity forms aberrant basaloid-like cells in vitro. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2022, 322: l822-l841. PMID: 35438006, PMCID: PMC9142163, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00254.2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEpithelial CellsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionEpitheliumHumansLung DiseasesRespiratory MucosaRNA, Long NoncodingConceptsProtein codingEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionLncRNA genesEMT inductionSingle-cell RNA sequencingSingle-cell RNA-seq dataEpithelial-mesenchymal plasticityRNA-seq dataMechanisms of EMTSingle-cell levelEpithelial cell typesRole of EMTTranscriptional reprogrammingHuman bronchial epithelial cellsRNA genesEMT gene signatureTranscriptional changesTranscriptional differencesRNA sequencingSpecific lncRNAsBronchial epithelial cellsDifferential expressionMyofibroblast conversionCell typesGenes
2014
EGFR activation suppresses respiratory virus-induced IRF1-dependent CXCL10 production
Kalinowski A, Ueki I, Min-Oo G, Ballon-Landa E, Knoff D, Galen B, Lanier LL, Nadel JA, Koff JL. EGFR activation suppresses respiratory virus-induced IRF1-dependent CXCL10 production. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2014, 307: l186-l196. PMID: 24838750, PMCID: PMC4101792, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00368.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory viral infectionsRespiratory syncytial virusCXCL10 productionRespiratory virusesViral infectionIFN regulatory factorAirway epitheliumEGFR activationChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseEpithelial cellsExacerbation of asthmaObstructive pulmonary diseaseRecruitment of lymphocytesAdaptive immune responsesAirway epithelial cellsNADPH oxidase activationInhibition of EGFRVirus-infected cellsHuman viral pathogensPulmonary diseaseSyncytial virusEpithelial productionIL-8Viral pneumoniaEpidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation
2006
Pseudomonas Lipopolysaccharide Accelerates Wound Repair via Activation of a Novel Epithelial Cell Signaling Cascade
Koff JL, Shao MX, Kim S, Ueki IF, Nadel JA. Pseudomonas Lipopolysaccharide Accelerates Wound Repair via Activation of a Novel Epithelial Cell Signaling Cascade. The Journal Of Immunology 2006, 177: 8693-8700. PMID: 17142770, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.12.8693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTNF-alpha converting enzymeEGFR phosphorylationOxidase 1Wound repairNCI-H292 human airway epithelial cellsEpidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activationGrowth factor receptor activationAirway epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsCell signaling cascadesNormal human bronchial epithelial cellsTLR-4Airway epitheliumHuman bronchial epithelial cellsReactive oxygen species (ROS) scavengerPhosphorylation pathwaySignaling cascadesEssential functionsBronchial epithelial cellsEGFR ligandsHuman airway epithelial cellsChronic airway diseasesOxygen species scavengersPseudomonas bacteriaDual oxidase 1