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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2018

IFN-stimulated Gene Expression, Type 2 Inflammation, and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Asthma.

Nirav R Bhakta, Stephanie A Christenson, Srilaxmi Nerella, Owen D Solberg, Christine P Nguyen, David F Choy, Kyle L Jung, Suresh Garudadri, Luke R Bonser, Joshua L Pollack and 7 more

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Article in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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71citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nirav R Bhakta1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0002-2135-7012
Stephanie A Christenson1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine.
Srilaxmi Nerella1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine.
Owen D Solberg1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine.
Christine P Nguyen1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine.
David F Choy2 Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California; and.
Kyle L Jung1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine.
Suresh Garudadri1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine.
Luke R Bonser3 Cardiovascular Research Institute.
Joshua L Pollack4 Lung Biology Center, Department of Medicine.
Lorna T Zlock5 Department of Pathology, and.
David J Erle3 Cardiovascular Research Institute.
Charles Langelier6 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Joseph L Derisi7 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California at San Francisco and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, California.
Joseph R Arron5 Department of Pathology, and.
John V Fahy1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine.
Prescott G Woodruff1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine.
Cardiovascular Institute Hospital · JPHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Understanding Asthma EndotypesU19AI077439 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Nirav Rati Bhakta · 2008 to 2026
$41.1M
Role of miRNAs in Th2-Driven inflammation in AsthmaP01HL107202 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ANSEL, KARL MARK · 2012 to 2023
$23.3M
SynthesisP30DK072517 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI VERKMAN, ALAN S · 2005 to 2022
$18.1M
Pre Clinical and Clinical Development of a Novel Thiol-Saccharide MucolyticP01HL128191 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FAHY, JOHN V · 2016 to 2020
$13.4M
Protein carbohydrate interactions in the pathophysiology of asthma exacerbationsR01HL080414 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI John V Fahy · 2005 to 2026
$9.2M
Defining A Comprehensive Reference Profile of Circulating Human Extracellular RNAU01HL126493 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ERLE, DAVID J, WOODRUFF, PRESCOTT G · 2014 to 2018
$3.5M
UCSF Career Development Program in Omics of Lung DiseasesK12HL119997 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BURCHARD, ESTEBAN GONZALEZ, ERLE, DAVID J · 2013 to 2017
$1.4M
Airway Epithelial Reprogramming in AsthmaR01HL138424 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ERLE, DAVID J · 2017 to 2018
$1.3M
Mentoring Research in Precision Medicine for Lung DiseaseK24HL137013 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI PRESCOTT G WOODRUFF · 2017 to 2026
$1.2M
Identifying the Th2 endotype in COPD: clinical and pathologic implicationsK23HL123778 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHRISTENSON, STEPHANIE A · 2015 to 2019
$847k
Translational research on the role of IL-17 cytokines in severe asthmaK23HL116657 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BHAKTA, NIRAV RATI · 2014 to 2018
$782k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleQuantification of type 2 inflammation provided a molecular basis for heterogeneity in asthma. Non-type 2 pathways that contribute to asthma pathogenesis are not well understood.

objectivesTo identify dysregulated pathways beyond type 2 inflammation.

methodsWe applied RNA sequencing to airway epithelial brushings obtained from subjects with stable mild asthma not on corticosteroids (n = 19) and healthy control subjects (n = 16). Sequencing reads were mapped to human and viral genomes. In the same cohort, and in a separate group with severe asthma (n = 301), we profiled blood gene expression with microarrays. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsIn airway brushings from mild asthma on inhaled corticosteroids, RNA sequencing yielded 1,379 differentially expressed genes (false discovery rate < 0.01). Pathway analysis revealed increased expression of type 2 markers, IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs), and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-related genes. Airway epithelial ISG expression was not associated with type 2 inflammation in asthma or with viral transcripts but was associated with reduced lung function by FEV

conclusionsISG activation is prominent in asthma, independent of viral transcripts, orthogonal to type 2 inflammation, and associated with distinct clinical features. ER stress is associated with both type 2 inflammation and ISG expression.

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Gene Expression RegulationAdultAsthmaCase-Control StudiesEndoplasmic ReticulumEosinophilsFemaleHumansInflammation MediatorsInterferon Regulatory Factor-3MaleMiddle AgedOxidative StressReference ValuesRNASensitivity and SpecificityInflammation MediatorsInterferon Regulatory Factor-3RNAasthmablood gene expressionendoplasmic reticulum stressIFNstype 2 inflammation

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PMID29064281
PMCPMC5811952
OpenAlexW2765658970

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