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ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2021

Activation of the 15-lipoxygenase pathway in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.

Whitney W Stevens, Anna G Staudacher, Kathryn E Hulse, Roderick G Carter, Deborah R Winter, Hiam Abdala-Valencia, Atsushi Kato, Lydia Suh, James E Norton, Julia H Huang and 9 more

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Article in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Whitney W StevensDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: whitney-stevens@northwestern.edu.
Anna G StaudacherDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Kathryn E HulseDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Roderick G CarterDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Deborah R WinterDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Hiam Abdala-ValenciaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Atsushi KatoDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Lydia SuhDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
James E NortonDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Julia H HuangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Anju T PetersDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Leslie C GrammerDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Caroline P E PriceDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
David B ConleyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Stephanie Shintani-SmithDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Bruce K TanDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Kevin C WelchDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Robert C KernDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Robert P SchleimerDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)UL1TR001422 · NCATS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI D'AQUILA, RICHARD · 2015 to 2023
$56.8M
Population-based CRS epidemiology: sex differences, natural history, and long-term outcomes based on clinically-defined phenotypes and biologically-based endotypes - GeisingerP01AI145818 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KATO, ATSUSHI · 2019 to 2023
$9.3M
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)KL2TR001424 · NCATS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SHARMA, LEENA · 2015 to 2023
$8.1M
Systems Genetics Approach to Gene Discovery in Chronic RhinosinusitisU19AI106683 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KERN, ROBERT C · 2014 to 2017
$7.9M
Initiators, biomarkers and mechanisms of epithelial dysfunction and immune pathogenesis in chronic rhinosinusitis and aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD)R01AI137174 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SCHLEIMER, ROBERT P · 2018 to 2022
$3.1M
Role of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin in Chronic RhinosinusitisR01AI104733 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KATO, ATSUSHI · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of the Pathogenesis of Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory DiseaseK23AI141694 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI STEVENS, WHITNEY W · 2019 to 2023
$948k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001424NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001422NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI141694NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI145818NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI104733NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137174NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI106683
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is characterized by asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), and an intolerance of medications that inhibit cyclooxygenase-1. Patients with AERD have more severe upper and lower respiratory tract disease than do aspirin-tolerant patients with CRSwNP. A dysregulation in arachidonic acid metabolism is thought to contribute to the enhanced sinonasal inflammation in AERD.

objectiveOur aim was to utilize an unbiased approach investigating arachidonic acid metabolic pathways in AERD.

methodsSingle-cell RNA sequencing (10× Genomics, Pleasanton, Calif) was utilized to compare the transcriptional profile of nasal polyp (NP) cells from patients with AERD and patients with CRSwNP and map differences in the expression of select genes among identified cell types. Findings were confirmed by traditional real-time PCR. Lipid mediators in sinonasal tissue were measured by mass spectrometry. Localization of various proteins within NPs was assessed by immunofluorescence.

resultsThe gene encoding for 15-lipooxygenase (15-LO), ALOX15, was significantly elevated in NPs of patients with AERD compared to NPs of patients with CRSwNP (P < .05) or controls (P < .001). ALOX15 was predominantly expressed by epithelial cells. Expression levels significantly correlated with radiographic sinus disease severity (r = 0.56; P < .001) and were associated with asthma. The level of 15-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid (15-Oxo-ETE), a downstream product of 15-LO, was significantly elevated in NPs from patients with CRSwNP (27.93 pg/mg of tissue) and NPs from patients with AERD (61.03 pg/mg of tissue) compared to inferior turbinate tissue from controls (7.17 pg/mg of tissue [P < .001]). Hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase, an enzyme required for 15-Oxo-ETE synthesis, was predominantly expressed in mast cells and localized near 15-LO

conclusionsEpithelial and mast cell interactions, leading to the synthesis of 15-Oxo-ETE, may contribute to the dysregulation of arachidonic acid metabolism via the 15-LO pathway and to the enhanced sinonasal disease severity observed in AERD.

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AdultArachidonate 15-LipoxygenaseAsthma, Aspirin-InducedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRespiration DisordersArachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase15-lipoxygenase15-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acidAERDALOX15aspirin-exacerbated respiratory diseaseChronic sinusitisCRSwNPhydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenasenasal polyps

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