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ArticleRespiratory research2016

Inflammation and emphysema in cigarette smoke-exposed mice when instilled with poly (I:C) or infected with influenza A or respiratory syncytial viruses.

Yohannes A Mebratu, Kevin R Smith, Getahun E Agga, Yohannes Tesfaigzi

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Article in Respiratory research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yohannes A MebratuCOPD Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, 2425 Ridgecrest Drive SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, USA. ymebratu@lrri.org.
Kevin R SmithCOPD Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, 2425 Ridgecrest Drive SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, USA.
Getahun E AggaAgricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, R, Clay Center, Nebraska, USA.
Yohannes TesfaigziCOPD Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, 2425 Ridgecrest Drive SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, USA.
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute · USAgricultural Research Service · US

Funding

Resolution of Epithelial Cell Hyperplasia in AsthmaR01HL068111 · NHLBI · LOVELACE BIOMEDICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI TESFAIGZI, YOHANNES · 2003 to 2021
$10.9M
Resolution of Epithelial Cell HyperplasiaR01ES015482 · NIEHS · LOVELACE BIOMEDICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI TESFAIGZI, YOHANNES · 2009 to 2013
$2.6M
Bik Promotes Cleavage of Viral Proteins to Enhance Influenza A Virus InfectionR21AI115291 · NIAID · LOVELACE BIOMEDICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI MEBRATU, YOHANNES AFEWORK · 2015 to 2016
$600k
Regulation of Mucous Cell Metaplasia in AsthmaR56HL068111 · NHLBI · LOVELACE BIOMEDICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI TESFAIGZI, YOHANNES · 2007 to 2007
$500k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL068111NHLBI NIH HHS R56 HL068111NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI115291NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES015482
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe length of time for cigarette smoke (CS) exposure to cause emphysema in mice is drastically reduced when CS exposure is combined with viral infection. However, the extent of inflammatory responses and lung pathologies of mice exposed to CS and infected with influenza A virus (IAV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or treated with the viral derivative dsRNA (polyinosine-polycytidylic acid [poly (I:C)] have not been compared.

methodsMice were exposed to CS or filtered air for 4 weeks and received a single dose of vehicle, AV, or RSV infection and extent of inflammation and emphysema was evaluated 14 d later. In another set of experiments, mice were instilled with poly (I:C) twice a week during the third and fourth weeks of CS exposure and immediately analyzed for extent of inflammation and lung pathologies.

resultsIn CS-exposed mice, inflammation was characterized mainly by macrophages, lymphocytes, and neutrophils after IAV infection, mainly by lymphocytes, and neutrophils after RSV infection, and mainly by lymphocytes and neutrophils after poly (I:C) instillations. Despite increased inflammation, extent of emphysema by poly (I:C) was very mild; but was robust and similar for both IAV and RSV infections with enhanced MMP-12 mRNA expression and TUNEL positivity. Both IAV and RSV infections increased the levels of IL-17, IL-1β, IL-12b, IL-18, IL-23a, Ccl-2, Ccl-7 mRNAs in the lungs of CS-exposed mice with IAV causing more increases than RSV.

conclusionCS-induced inflammatory responses and extent of emphysematous changes differ depending on the type of viral infection. These animal models may be useful to study the mechanisms by which different viruses exacerbate CS-induced inflammation and emphysema.

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Poly I-CAnimalsChemotaxis, LeukocyteCigarette SmokingCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHost-Pathogen InteractionsInflammation MediatorsInfluenza A virusLungLymphocytesMacrophagesMatrix Metalloproteinase 12Mice, Inbred C57BLNeutrophil InfiltrationCytokinesInflammation Mediatorsmatrix metallopeptidase 12, mouseMatrix Metalloproteinase 12Poly I-CSmokeCigarette smokeEmphysemaInfluenza A virusMiceMousePoly (I:C)Respiratory syncytial virus

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PMID27363862
PMCPMC4929744
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