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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2018

Staphylococcus aureus Induces a Mucosal Type 2 Immune Response via Epithelial Cell-derived Cytokines.

Feng Lan, Nan Zhang, Gabriele Holtappels, Natalie De Ruyck, Olga Krysko, Koen Van Crombruggen, Harald Braun, Sebastian L Johnston, Nikos G Papadopoulos, Luo Zhang and 1 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 67 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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67citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Staphylococcus aureus regulates Th17 cells and autophagy via STING in chronic eosinophilic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Feng Lan1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Nan Zhang2 Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Gabriele Holtappels2 Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Natalie De Ruyck2 Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Olga Krysko2 Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Koen Van Crombruggen2 Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Harald Braun3 VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Sebastian L Johnston4 Airway Disease Infection Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Nikos G Papadopoulos5 Centre for Pediatrics and Child Health, Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; and.
Luo Zhang1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Claus Bachert2 Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University Hospital · BEBeijing Tongren Hospital · CNGhent University · BEImperial College London · GBManchester Academic Health Science Centre · GB

Funding

European Research Council 233015Medical Research Council G1000758
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleChronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps is characterized by a T-helper cell type 2-skewed upper airway inflammation. Mucosal Staphylococcus aureus colonization is found in the majority of patients with nasal polyps. S. aureus is known to induce type 2 cytokine release via enterotoxins.

objectivesTo investigate the impact of non-enterotoxin-producing S. aureus on type 2 cytokine release.

methodsTSLP (thymic stromal lymphopoietin), IL-33, and type 2 cytokines were assessed in a human mucosal tissue model upon S. aureus infection. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsS. aureus exposure increased the expression of IL-33, TSLP, IL-5, and IL-13 in nasal polyp tissue, accompanied by elevated expression levels of TSLP and IL-33 receptors, predominantly on CD3

conclusionsThis study demonstrates for the first time that S. aureus can directly induce epithelial cell-derived cytokine release via binding to Toll-like receptor 2, and may thereby propagate type 2 cytokine expression in nasal polyp tissue.

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AdolescentAdultAgedBelgiumCytokinesEpithelial CellsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNasal MucosaNasal PolypsStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusYoung AdultCytokineschronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polypsIL-33Staphylococcus aureusTh2thymic stromal lymphopoietin

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PMID29768034
PMCPMC6118025
OpenAlexW2803277749

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