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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2013

MyD88-dependent signaling prolongs survival and reduces bacterial burden during pulmonary infection with virulent Francisella tularensis.

Brian C Russo, Matthew J Brown, Gerard J Nau

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Innate Immune Recognition: An Issue More Complex Than Expected.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019
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  6. Pam2CSK4 and Pam3CSK4 induce iNOS expression via TBK1 and MyD88 molecules in mouse macrophage cell line RAW264.7.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2017
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  7. Inflammasomes as therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease.Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) · 2017
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  8. Innate Immune Recognition: Implications for the Interaction ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian C RussoDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Matthew J BrownDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Gerard J NauDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Center for Vaccine Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: gjnau@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Viral Persistence and PathogenesisT32AI049820 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DELUCA, NEAL A. · 2001 to 2024
$5.5M
Immunology of Infectious DiseaseT32AI060525 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JoAnne L. Flynn · 2005 to 2026
$5.3M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI049820NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI060525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of the debilitating febrile illness tularemia. The severe morbidity associated with F. tularensis infections is attributed to its ability to evade the host immune response. Innate immune activation is undetectable until more than 48 hours after infection. The ensuing inflammatory response is considered pathological, eliciting a septic-like state characterized by hypercytokinemia and cell death. To investigate potential pathological consequences of the innate immune response, mice deficient in a key innate immune signaling molecule, MyD88, were studied. MyD88 knockout (KO) mice were infected with the prototypical virulent F. tularensis strain, Schu S4. MyD88 KO mice succumbed to infection more rapidly than wild-type mice. The enhanced pathogenicity of Schu S4 in MyD88 KO mice was associated with greater bacterial burdens in lungs and distal organs, and the absence of IFN-γ in the lungs, spleens, and sera. Cellular infiltrates were not observed on histological evaluation of the lungs, livers, or spleens of MyD88 KO mice, the first KO mouse described with this phenotype to our knowledge. Despite the absence of cellular infiltration, there was more cell death in the lungs of MyD88 KO mice. Thus, the host proinflammatory response is beneficial, and MyD88 signaling is required to limit bacterial burden and prolong survival during pulmonary infection by virulent F. tularensis.

Indexed as

Cost of IllnessSignal TransductionAnimalsCell DeathCytokinesFrancisella tularensisInflammationLungLung DiseasesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Survival AnalysisTularemiaVirulenceCytokinesMyd88 protein, mouseMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88

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PMID23920326
PMCPMC3791678
OpenAlexW2107278164

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