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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2020

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles exaggerate respiratory syncytial virus-induced airway epithelial barrier dysfunction.

Carrie C Smallcombe, Terri J Harford, Debra T Linfield, Susana Lechuga, Vladimir Bokun, Giovanni Piedimonte, Fariba Rezaee

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Article in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Electronic cigarette exposure disrupts airway epithelial barrier function and exacerbates viral infection.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2023
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  18. Molecular Mechanisms of RSV and Air Pollution Interaction: A Scoping Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  20. Role of air pollutants in airway epithelial barrier dysfunction in asthma and COPD.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carrie C SmallcombeDepartment of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.ORCID 0000-0003-4174-0251
Terri J HarfordDepartment of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
Debra T LinfieldCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Susana LechugaDepartment of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
Vladimir BokunDepartment of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
Giovanni PiedimonteTulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Fariba RezaeeDepartment of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.ORCID 0000-0002-7625-3341
Cleveland Clinic · USCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · USTulane University · US

Funding

NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO RSVR01HL061007 · NHLBI · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI PIEDIMONTE, GIOVANNI · 1999 to 2022
$7.2M
Mechanisms of Airway Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction by Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Environmental StimuliR01HL148057 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI REZAEE, FARIBA · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
Airway Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction In Response to Respiratory Syncytial VirusK08AI112781 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI REZAEE, FARIBA · 2015 to 2018
$734k
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Division of Intramural Research of the NIAID) K08-AI-112781NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL061007NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148057NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL-148057NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI112781
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections in children worldwide. While most develop a mild, self-limiting illness, some develop severe acute lower respiratory infection and persistent airway disease. Exposure to ambient particulate matter has been linked to asthma, bronchitis, and viral infection in multiple epidemiological studies. We hypothesized that coexposure to nanoparticles worsens RSV-induced airway epithelial barrier dysfunction. Bronchial epithelial cells were incubated with titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO

Indexed as

AnimalsAsthmaBronchiBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidEpithelial CellsInflammationLungMiceRespiratory Syncytial VirusesRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRespiratory Tract InfectionsTitaniumTitaniumtitanium dioxidenanoparticlesreactive oxygen speciesrespiratory syncytial virustight junctionstitanium dioxide nanoparticles

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PMID32640839
PMCPMC7518063
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