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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2019

Airway Epithelial Cells Generate Pro-inflammatory Tenascin-C and Small Extracellular Vesicles in Response to TLR3 Stimuli and Rhinovirus Infection.

Jake T Mills, Anja Schwenzer, Elizabeth K Marsh, Michael R Edwards, Ian Sabroe, Kim S Midwood, Lisa C Parker

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The dual promise of extracellular vesicles in lung diseases: towards reliable biomarkers and drug delivery vectors.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  3. The role of virus in nasal inflammation.European journal of medical research · 2025
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  4. Deciphering the Tenascin-C Nexus: A Comprehensive Review of Its Involvement in Chronic Respiratory Diseases.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2025
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  6. A Novel Regulatory Role for RPS4Y1 in Inflammatory and Fibrotic Processes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. The diagnostic potential of extracellular vesicles in virus-related diseases.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  9. Cell-cell communication: new insights and clinical implications.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024
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  12. Extracellular Vesicles and Their Role in Lung Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. A virological view of tenascin-C in infection.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Jake T MillsDepartment of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Anja SchwenzerNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Elizabeth K MarshSchool of Human Sciences, College of Life and Natural Sciences, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom.
Michael R EdwardsDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Ian SabroeDepartment of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Kim S MidwoodNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Lisa C ParkerDepartment of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
University of Sheffield · GBImperial College London · GBNuffield Orthopaedic Centre · GBUniversity of Derby · GBUniversity of Leeds · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/L009374/1Versus Arthritis 20003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral infections are a common cause of asthma exacerbations, with human rhinoviruses (RV) the most common trigger. RV signals through a number of different receptors, including toll-like receptor (TLR)3. Tenascin-C (TN-C) is an immunomodulatory extracellular matrix protein present in high quantities in the airway of people with asthma, and expression is also upregulated in nasal lavage fluid in response to RV infection. Respiratory viral infection has been demonstrated to induce the release of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) such as exosomes, whilst exosomal cargo can also be modified in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of people with asthma. These sEVs may potentiate airway inflammation and regulate the immune response to infection. This study characterizes the relationship between RV infection of bronchial epithelial cells and the release of TN-C, and the release of sEVs following stimulation with the TLR3 agonist and synthetic viral mimic, poly(I:C), as well as the function of the released protein/vesicles. The BEAS-2B airway epithelial cell line and primary human bronchial epithelial cells (PBECs) from asthmatic and non-asthmatic donors were infected with RV or treated with poly(I:C). TN-C expression, release and localization to sEVs was quantified. TN-C expression was also assessed following intra-nasal challenge of C57BL/6 mice with poly(I:C). BEAS-2B cells and macrophages were subsequently challenged with TN-C, or with sEVs generated from BEAS-2B cells pre-treated with siRNA targeted to TN-C or control. The results revealed that poly(I:C) stimulation induced TN-C release

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AnimalsAsthmaCell LineCytokinesEpithelial CellsExtracellular VesiclesHumansMice, Inbred C57BLPicornaviridae InfectionsPoly I-CRespiratory SystemTenascinToll-Like Receptor 3CytokinesPoly I-CTenascinToll-Like Receptor 3asthma exacerbationsexosomesextracellular matrix proteinhuman rhinovirusinflammationtenascin-C

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PMID31497021
PMCPMC6712508
OpenAlexW2965792799

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