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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2014

Influenza causes prolonged disruption of the alveolar-capillary barrier in mice unresponsive to mesenchymal stem cell therapy.

Jeffrey E Gotts, Jason Abbott, Michael A Matthay

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Article in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Impact of e-cigarette aerosol on primary human alveolar epithelial type 2 cells.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2022
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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.

Jeffrey E GottsDepartments of Medicine and Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California Jeffrey.Gotts@ucsf.edu.
Jason AbbottDepartments of Medicine and Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Michael A MatthayDepartments of Medicine and Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

MUTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN LUNG DISEASEST32HL007185 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI David J Erle, LAURENCE HUANG · 1985 to 2026
$24.6M
MECHANISMS OF ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL FLUID CLEARANCER01HL051854 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MATTHAY, MICHAEL A. · 1994 to 2012
$4.4M
Resolution of Clinical Lung InjuryR37HL051856 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MATTHAY, MICHAEL A. · 2006 to 2015
$3.9M
Mechanisms of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Viral-Induced Acute Lung InjuryF32HL117549 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GOTTS, JEFFREY E · 2013 to 2013
$35k
NHLBI NIH HHS F32-HL-117549NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL-51854NHLBI NIH HHS R37-HL-51856NHLBI NIH HHS T32-HL-007185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral pneumonia is a major cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Anti-inflammatory therapies for viral-induced lung injury show promise in preclinical models. Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent, self-renewing cells that secrete anti-inflammatory cytokines and epithelial and endothelial growth factors. We inoculated mice intranasally with influenza A (murine-adapted Puerto Rico/8/34) or PBS, and the mice were killed at multiple time points after infection for measures of lung injury and viral load. We report that influenza induces marked, long-lasting dysfunction of the alveolar-capillary barrier peaking at 1 wk but lasting longer than 3 wk postinfection. Weight loss, commonly employed as a criterion for euthanasia (and hence "survival"), was found to be poorly predictive of the severity of lung injury at its peak; rather, persistent weight loss 11 days postinfection identified mice with impaired injury resolution. Murine and human bone marrow-derived MSCs (obtained from the National Institutes of Health repository) were then administered intravenously during the rapid phase of injury progression. Murine MSCs (mMSCs) given two times 24 h apart failed to improve weight loss, lung water, bronchoalveolar lavage inflammation, or histology. However, mMSCs prevented influenza-induced thrombocytosis and caused a modest reduction in lung viral load at day 7. Human MSCs administered intravenously showed a similar lack of efficacy. The results demonstrate that the influenza murine model bears important similarities to the slow resolution of ARDS in patients. Despite their potent therapeutic effects in many models of acute inflammation and lung injury, MSCs do not improve influenza-mediated lung injury in mice.

Indexed as

Acute Lung InjuryAnimalsBlood-Air BarrierBronchoalveolar LavageCapillariesCapillary PermeabilityCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCells, CulturedFemaleHumansInfluenza, HumanMesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOrthomyxoviridae Infectionsacute lung injuryacute respiratory distress syndromemesenchymal stem cellspneumoniapulmonary edema

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PMID25038188
PMCPMC4154253
OpenAlexW1986454360

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