ArticleNature communications2018
Corticosteroid suppression of antiviral immunity increases bacterial loads and mucus production in COPD exacerbations.
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- The association between inhaled corticosteroid and the risks of SARS-COV-2 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of infection and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical efficacy of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: A living review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Potential plants for inflammatory dysfunction in the SARS-CoV-2 infection.Inflammopharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Rhinovirus-Induced Cytokine Alterations With Potential Implications in Asthma Exacerbations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Inhaled corticosteroids and COVID-19: a systematic review and clinical perspective.The European respiratory journal · 2020Pooled it
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- Efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon-α2b in moderate COVID-19: a phase 3, randomized, comparator-controlled, open-label study.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021Trial
- Rhinovirus-induced CCL17 and CCL22 in Asthma Exacerbations and Differential Regulation by STAT6.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2021Trial
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- Inhaled Corticosteroids Influence Pulmonary Microbiota in Severe Equine Asthma.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- The Airway Epithelial Barrier in Childhood Asthma: A Central Player in Glucocorticoid Therapy, Resistance, and Severe Asthma.Pediatric discovery · 2026Review
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- Metabolic licensing at the dendritic cell-NK cells immune synapse in viral asthma exacerbations.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Risk of Hospitalized COVID-19 in COPD: Single-Inhaler Triple Versus Dual Bronchodilator Therapy.Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety · 2026Article
- Review of the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2024.BMJ open respiratory research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) have limited efficacy in reducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and increase pneumonia risk, through unknown mechanisms. Rhinoviruses precipitate most exacerbations and increase susceptibility to secondary bacterial infections. Here, we show that the ICS fluticasone propionate (FP) impairs innate and acquired antiviral immune responses leading to delayed virus clearance and previously unrecognised adverse effects of enhanced mucus, impaired antimicrobial peptide secretion and increased pulmonary bacterial load during virus-induced exacerbations. Exogenous interferon-β reverses these effects. FP suppression of interferon may occur through inhibition of TLR3- and RIG-I virus-sensing pathways. Mice deficient in the type I interferon-α/β receptor (IFNAR1
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