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ArticleMucosal immunology2018

Respiratory syncytial virus activates epidermal growth factor receptor to suppress interferon regulatory factor 1-dependent interferon-lambda and antiviral defense in airway epithelium.

A Kalinowski, B T Galen, I F Ueki, Y Sun, A Mulenos, A Osafo-Addo, B Clark, J Joerns, W Liu, J A Nadel and 2 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 57 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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57 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

A KalinowskiSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
B T GalenSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
I F UekiDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Y SunSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
A MulenosSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
A Osafo-AddoSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
B ClarkSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
J JoernsSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
W LiuSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
J A NadelDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
C S Dela CruzSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
J L KoffSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Yale University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of California System · US

Funding

Host-Pneumococcal Interaction in the LungR01HL126094 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DELA CRUZ, CHARLES S · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
Novel Role of EGFR in Virus-Induced Asthma ExacerbationsR01HL125897 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KOFF, JONATHAN · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
Effect of Rhinovirus on airway epithelial reciprocal pathways influence NK cells.K08HL093288 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KOFF, JONATHAN · 2009 to 2013
$641k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL093288NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL125897NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL126094
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) persists as a significant human pathogen that continues to contribute to morbidity and mortality. In children, RSV is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections, and in adults RSV causes pneumonia and contributes to exacerbations of chronic lung diseases. RSV induces airway epithelial inflammation by activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a tyrosine kinase receptor. Recently, EGFR inhibition was shown to decrease RSV infection, but the mechanism(s) for this effect are not known. Interferon (IFN) signaling is critical for innate antiviral responses, and recent experiments have implicated IFN-λ (lambda), a type III IFN, as the most significant IFN for mucosal antiviral immune responses to RSV infection. However, a role for RSV-induced EGFR activation to suppress airway epithelial antiviral immunity has not been explored. Here, we show that RSV-induced EGFR activation suppresses IFN regulatory factor (IRF) 1-induced IFN-λ production and increased viral infection, and we implicate RSV F protein to mediate this effect. EGFR inhibition, during viral infection, augmented IRF1, IFN-λ, and decreased RSV titers. These results suggest a mechanism for EGFR inhibition to suppress RSV by activation of endogenous epithelial antiviral defenses, which may be a potential target for novel therapeutics.

Indexed as

Antigens, ViralCell LineCytokinesDown-RegulationErbB ReceptorsHumansImmunityInterferon LambdaInterferon Regulatory Factor-1InterleukinsRespiratory MucosaRespiratory Syncytial VirusesRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsSignal TransductionAntigens, ViralCytokinesErbB ReceptorsInterferon Lambdainterferon-lambda protein, mouseInterferon Regulatory Factor-1Interleukins

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PMID29411775
PMCPMC6431552
OpenAlexW2786769016

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