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ArticleMucosal immunology2018

BMAL1 links the circadian clock to viral airway pathology and asthma phenotypes.

A Ehlers, W Xie, E Agapov, S Brown, D Steinberg, R Tidwell, G Sajol, R Schutz, R Weaver, H Yu and 5 more

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Article in Mucosal immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers.

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107 citing papers in PubMed, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

A EhlersDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
W XieDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
E AgapovDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
S BrownDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
D SteinbergDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
R TidwellDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
G SajolDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
R SchutzDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
R WeaverDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
H YuDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
M CastroDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
L B BacharierDivision of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
X WangInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
M J HoltzmanDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
J A HaspelDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · USGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

WU INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCESUL1TR002345 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI William G. Powderly · 2017 to 2026
$97.8M
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational SciencesUL1TR000448 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVANOFF, BRADLEY A · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
Infectious Diseases/Basic Microbial Pathogenic MechanismsT32AI007172 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Daniel E. Goldberg, JENNIFER A PHILIPS · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
Preclinical Development of an Anti-Mucus DrugUH3HL123429 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, MICHAEL J · 2016 to 2018
$4.7M
Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP)-Washington UniversityU10HL109257 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CASTRO, MARIO · 2011 to 2016
$3.8M
PARP9-DTX3L Control Of Viral Infection and Airway DiseaseR01AI130591 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, MICHAEL J · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
Preclinical Development of an Anti-Mucus DrugUH2HL123429 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, MICHAEL J · 2014 to 2015
$3.0M
Determinants of Asthma Following RSV Bronchiolitis in Early LifeR01HL092486 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BACHARIER, LEONARD B, CASTRO, MARIO · 2009 to 2012
$3.0M
Clock Gene Control of Viral Infection and AsthmaR01HL135846 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HASPEL, JEFFREY ADAM · 2017 to 2021
$2.8M
GENETIC, BIOLOGIC, &IMMUNOLOGIC DETERMINANTS OF ASTHMAR01HL061895 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CASTRO, MARIO · 1998 to 2006
$2.6M
Airway Remodeling in Severe AsthmaR01HL069149 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CASTRO, MARIO · 2001 to 2005
$2.5M
IL-33 AND EXCESS MUCUS PRODUCTIONR01HL121791 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, MICHAEL J · 2014 to 2017
$1.9M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with asthma experience circadian variations in their symptoms. However it remains unclear how specific aspects of this common airway disease relate to clock genes, which are critical to the generation of circadian rhythms in mammals. Here, we used a viral model of acute and chronic airway disease to examine how circadian clock disruption affects asthmatic lung phenotypes. Deletion of the core clock gene bmal1 or environmental disruption of circadian function by jet lag exacerbated acute viral bronchiolitis caused by Sendai virus (SeV) and influenza A virus in mice. Post-natal deletion of bmal1 was sufficient to trigger increased SeV susceptibility and correlated with impaired control of viral replication. Importantly, bmal1

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Airway RemodelingAirway ResistanceAnimalsARNTL Transcription FactorsAsthmaBronchiolitis, ViralCircadian ClocksCohort StudiesDisease Models, AnimalHumansInfluenza A virusMiceMice, KnockoutMucusOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsRespirovirus InfectionsARNTL Transcription FactorsBmal1 protein, mouse

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