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ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2023

IL-13-associated epithelial remodeling correlates with clinical severity in nasal polyposis.

Maya E Kotas, Neil N Patel, Emily K Cope, Jose G Gurrola, Andrew N Goldberg, Steven D Pletcher, Max A Seibold, Camille M Moore, Erin D Gordon

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Article in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Population-Scale Plasma Proteomics Reveals Systemic Inflammatory Signatures Associated With Chronic Rhinosinusitis.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
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  10. [Research progress on epithelial mucosal barrier impairment contributing to chronic rhinosinusitis].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Maya E KotasDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.
Neil N PatelDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.
Emily K CopeCenter for Applied Microbiome Sciences, the Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz.
Jose G GurrolaDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.
Andrew N GoldbergDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.
Steven D PletcherDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Calif; Surgical Service, ENT Section, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif.
Max A SeiboldCenter for Genes, Environment, and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo; Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo; Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colo.
Camille M MooreCenter for Genes, Environment, and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo; Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colo. Electronic address: MooreCa@NJHealth.org.
Erin D GordonDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif. Electronic address: erin.gordon@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USNational Jewish Health · USNorthern Arizona University · USSan Francisco VA Medical Center · US

Funding

Understanding Asthma EndotypesU19AI077439 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI David J Erle · 2008 to 2026
$41.1M
MUTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN LUNG DISEASEST32HL007185 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI David J Erle, LAURENCE HUANG · 1985 to 2026
$24.6M
Role of miRNAs in Th2-Driven inflammation in AsthmaP01HL107202 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FAHY, JOHN V · 2012 to 2023
$23.3M
Transcriptomic and Genetic Endotyping of Exacerbation-Prone AsthmaticsP01HL132821 · NHLBI · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI SEIBOLD, MAX A · 2017 to 2021
$9.0M
Transcriptomic and Pharmacogenetic Asthma Endotypes in Minority ChildrenR01HL135156 · NHLBI · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI SEIBOLD, MAX A, ZIV, ELAD · 2017 to 2021
$4.1M
Understanding the Molecular Genetic Mechanisms of Asthma Risk Loci: IL33, IL1RL1, and GSDMB - COVID 19 SupplementR01AI136962 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GORDON, ERIN D. · 2018 to 2022
$3.4M
Genetic Control of Airway Epithelium Gene Expression in Childhood AsthmaticsR01HL128439 · NHLBI · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI SEIBOLD, MAX A · 2015 to 2019
$3.1M
Mentoring Research in Precision Medicine for Lung DiseaseK24HL137013 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI PRESCOTT G WOODRUFF · 2017 to 2026
$1.2M
Defining the role of tuft cells in allergic airway diseaseK08HL155490 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Maya Kotas · 2022 to 2026
$926k
Determining the Role of the Upper and Lower Airway Microbiota as Drivers of Concomitant Inflammatory Responses in patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis and AsthmaR15AI147148 · NIAID · NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY · PI CAPORASO, JAMES GREGORY, COPE, EMILY K · 2019 to 2019
$468k
Role of ILC2s in lung maintenance and repairF32HL140868 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KOTAS, MAYA · 2018 to 2020
$168k
Prostones as novel receptor-mediated activators of CFTR in the airwayF32HL158174 · NHLBI · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI SHAUGHNESSY, CIARAN · 2021 to 2021
$33k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEpithelial remodeling is a histopathologic feature of chronic inflammatory airway diseases including chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Cell-type shifts and their relationship to CRS endotypes and severity are incompletely described.

objectiveWe sought to understand the relationship of epithelial cell remodeling to inflammatory endotypes and disease outcomes in CRS.

methodsUsing cell-type transcriptional signatures derived from epithelial single-cell sequencing, we analyzed bulk RNA-sequencing data from sinus epithelial brushings obtained from patients with CRS with and without nasal polyps in comparison to healthy controls.

resultsThe airway epithelium in nasal polyposis displayed increased tuft cell transcripts and decreased ciliated cell transcripts along with an IL-13 activation signature. In contrast, CRS without polyps showed an IL-17 activation signature. IL-13 activation scores were associated with increased tuft cell, goblet cell, and mast cell scores and decreased ciliated cell scores. Furthermore, the IL-13 score was strongly associated with a previously reported activated ("polyp") tuft cell score and a prostaglandin E2 activation signature. The Lund-Mackay score, a computed tomographic metric of sinus opacification, correlated positively with activated tuft cell, mast cell, prostaglandin E2, and IL-13 signatures and negatively with ciliated cell transcriptional signatures.

conclusionsThese results demonstrate that cell-type alterations and prostaglandin E2 stimulation are key components of IL-13-induced epithelial remodeling in nasal polyposis, whereas IL-17 signaling is more prominent in CRS without polyps, and that clinical severity correlates with the degree of IL-13-driven epithelial remodeling.

Indexed as

Nasal PolypsRhinitisSinusitisChronic DiseaseDinoprostoneHumansInterleukin-13Interleukin-17Nasal MucosaDinoprostoneInterleukin-13Interleukin-17Chronic rhinosinusitisendotypeepithelial remodelingIL-13nasal polyposisprostaglandin E2type 2 inflammation

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PMID36736797
PMCPMC10243183
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