Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30733339›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry2019

Phospholipid regulation of innate immunity and respiratory viral infection.

Dennis R Voelker, Mari Numata

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Review in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Integrated Metabolomics and Network Pharmacology to Reveal the Mechanisms ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. A therapy for suppressing canonical and noncanonical SARS-CoV-2 viral entry and an intrinsic intrapulmonary inflammatory response.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  7. TLR4 signalling: the key to controlling EV71 replication and inflammatory response.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  14. The Role of Pulmonary Surfactant Phospholipids in Fibrotic Lung Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  15. Innate Immune System Activation, Inflammation and Corneal Wound Healing.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dennis R VoelkerFrom the Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado 80206 voelkerd@njhealth.org.
Mari NumataFrom the Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado 80206 nakamuram@njhealth.org.
National Jewish Health · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Tollip inhibits IL-33 signaling during airway influenza virus infectionU19AI125357 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI CARR, TARA F · 2016 to 2025
$14.7M
Transcriptomic and Genetic Endotyping of Exacerbation-Prone AsthmaticsP01HL132821 · NHLBI · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI VOELKER, DENNIS R. · 2017 to 2021
$9.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL132821NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI125357
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) coupled to intracellular signaling cascades function as central elements of innate immunity that control transcription of numerous pro-inflammatory genes. Two minor anionic phospholipids present in the pulmonary surfactant complex, palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidylglycerol (POPG) and phosphatidylinositol (PI), antagonize the cognate ligand activation of TLRs 2 and 4. The lipids block recognition of activating ligands by the TLRs, either directly or via the TLR4 coreceptors CD14 and MD2. Antagonism of TLR activation results in inhibition of the initiating step of the pro-inflammatory signaling pathways. Evidence for this mechanism of action comes from direct binding studies between CD14 and MD2 with POPG and PI. Additional evidence for this mechanism of antagonism also comes from monitoring the reduction of protein phosphorylation events that characterize the intracellular signaling by activated TLRs. The pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza A virus (IAV) have been linked to TLR4 activation, and we examined the action of POPG and PI as potential antagonists of the pathology of these viruses. Surprisingly, POPG and PI dramatically curtail infection, in addition to inhibiting inflammatory sequelae associated with RSV and IAV infections. The mechanism of action by the lipids is disruption of virus particle binding to host cell plasma membrane receptors, required for viral uptake. The antagonism of activation of TLRs and virus binding to the alveolar epithelium by resident constituents of the pulmonary surfactant system suggests that POPG and PI function in homeostasis, to prevent inflammatory processes that result in reductions in gas exchange within the alveolar compartment.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateInfluenza A virusPhospholipidsPulmonary SurfactantsRespiratory Syncytial VirusesRespiratory Tract InfectionsPhospholipidsPulmonary Surfactantsantiviral agentantiviralsimmunologyinflammationinnate immunityphospholipidspulmonary surfactantrespiratory systemsignalingToll-like receptorstoll receptorviral entryvirology

Identifiers

PMID30733339
PMCPMC6433062
OpenAlexW2911963184

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