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ArticleImmunity2019

Age-Related Dopaminergic Innervation Augments T Helper 2-Type Allergic Inflammation in the Postnatal Lung.

Wei Wang, Jonathan A Cohen, Antonia Wallrapp, Kenneth G Trieu, Juliana Barrios, Fengzhi Shao, Nandini Krishnamoorthy, Vijay K Kuchroo, Matthew R Jones, Alan Fine and 2 more

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Article in Immunity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 84 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei WangDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Jonathan A CohenDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Antonia WallrappEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Kenneth G TrieuDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Juliana BarriosThe Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Fengzhi ShaoThe Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Nandini KrishnamoorthyDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Vijay K KuchrooEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Matthew R JonesThe Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Alan FineThe Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; The West Roxbury Veteran's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA, USA.
Yan BaiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Xingbin AiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: xai@partners.org.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USBoston University · US

Funding

BIOLOGY OF THE LUNG--MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMT32HL007035 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Darrell N. Kotton, JOSEPH P MIZGERD · 1985 to 2026
$24.3M
The Fetal Lung Mesothelial Differentiation ProgramR01HL116163 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI AI, XINGBIN, FINE, ALAN FINE · 2013 to 2016
$2.3M
Development of PNEC innervation and neuroplasticity after early life insultR01HL132991 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI AI, XINGBIN · 2017 to 2020
$1.8M
Origins and functional roles of Miwi2-positive multiciliated cells during inflammationR01HL136725 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI FINE, ALAN FINE, JONES, MATTHEW ROBERT · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
Cholinergic hyperinnernation in early life regulates long-term airway reactivityK08HL135443 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BAI, YAN · 2017 to 2021
$861k
A function of the neuroendocrine system in mucous hyperplasiaF31HL126443 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BARRIOS, JULIANA BEVERLY · 2015 to 2017
$76k
NHLBI NIH HHS F31 HL126443NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL135443NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116163NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132991NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL136725NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Young children are more susceptible to developing allergic asthma than adults. As neural innervation of the peripheral tissue continues to develop after birth, neurons may modulate tissue inflammation in an age-related manner. Here we showed that sympathetic nerves underwent a dopaminergic-to-adrenergic transition during post-natal development of the lung in mice and humans. Dopamine signaled through a specific dopamine receptor (DRD4) to promote T helper 2 (Th2) cell differentiation. The dopamine-DRD4 pathway acted synergistically with the cytokine IL-4 by upregulating IL-2-STAT5 signaling and reducing inhibitory histone trimethylation at Th2 gene loci. In murine models of allergen exposure, the dopamine-DRD4 pathway augmented Th2 inflammation in the lungs of young mice. However, this pathway operated marginally after sympathetic nerves became adrenergic in the adult lung. Taken together, the communication between dopaminergic nerves and CD4

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AdolescentAdrenergic NeuronsAdultAgedAge FactorsAnimalsAsthmaCells, CulturedChildChild, PreschoolDopamineDopaminergic NeuronsFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornDopamineDrd4 protein, mouseIl4 protein, mouseInterleukin-2Interleukin-4Receptors, Dopamine D4Stat5a protein, mouseSTAT5 Transcription Factoradrenergic innervationallergic asthmachildhood asthmadopamineDRD4IL-2IL-4lungsympathetic nerveTh2

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PMID31757673
PMCPMC6937208
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