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ArticleBritish journal of pharmacology2020

Protective effects of Δ

Amira Mohammed, Hasan K Alghetaa, Juhua Zhou, Saurabh Chatterjee, Prakash Nagarkatti, Mitzi Nagarkatti

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Article in British journal of pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amira MohammedDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8931-2219
Hasan K AlghetaaDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6435-9328
Juhua ZhouDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
Saurabh ChatterjeeDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
Prakash NagarkattiDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2663-0759
Mitzi NagarkattiDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5977-5615
University of South Carolina · US

Funding

Targeting early ceramide elevation in pre-symptomatic eczemaP20GM103641 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI ENOS, REILLY, NAGARKATTI, PRAKASH S · 2012 to 2023
$20.7M
Use of Resveratrol to treat experimental multiple sclerosisP01AT003961 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI NAGARKATTI, PRAKASH S · 2007 to 2018
$14.2M
Epigenetic mechanisms in Transgenerational Effects of an Environmental PollutantR01ES030144 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI NAGARKATTI, MITZI, NAGARKATTI, PRAKASH S · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Epigenetic Mechanisms of T Cell Dysregulation in PTSDR01AI129788 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI NAGARKATTI, MITZI · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
Role of natural indoles in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisR01AT006888 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI NAGARKATTI, MITZI · 2011 to 2015
$2.0M
AhR ligands in epigenetic dysregulation of T cellsR01AI123947 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI NAGARKATTI, MITZI, NAGARKATTI, PRAKASH S · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR), IraqNCCIH NIH HHS P01 AT003961NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT006888NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123947NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI129788NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES030144NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103641NIH grants P01AT003961NIH grants P20GM103641NIH grants R01AI123947NIH grants R01AI129788NIH grants R01AT006888NIH grants R01ES030144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeStaphylococcal enterotoxin-B (SEB) is one of the most potent bacterial superantigens that exerts profound toxic effects by inducing a cytokine storm. Inhaled SEB can cause acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is often fatal and with no effective treatments. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Efficacy of Δ KEY

resultsWhile SEB triggered ARDS and 100% mortality in mice, THC protected the mice from fatality. Pyrosequencing analysis revealed that THC caused significant and similar alterations in microbiota in the lungs and gut of mice exposed to SEB. THC significantly increased the abundance of beneficial bacterial species, Ruminococcus gnavus, but decreased pathogenic microbiota, Akkermansia muciniphila. FMT confirmed that THC-mediated reversal of microbial dysbiosis played crucial role in attenuation of SEB-mediated ARDS. THC treatment caused an increase in SCFA, of which propionic acid was found to inhibit the inflammatory response. Transcriptome array showed that THC up-regulated several genes like lysozyme1 and lysozyme2, β-defensin-2, claudin, zonula-1, occludin-1, Mucin2 and Muc5b while down-regulating β-defensin-1. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: The study demonstrates for the first time that THC attenuates SEB-mediated ARDS and toxicity by altering the microbiota in the lungs and the gut as well as promoting antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory pathways.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeRespiratory Distress SyndromeAnimalsCytokinesDronabinolEnterotoxinsEubacterialesMiceCytokinesDronabinolEnterotoxinsacute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)microbiomestaphylococcal enterotoxin-B (SEB)Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

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PMID32754917
PMCPMC7436585
OpenAlexW3046930892

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