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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Can Neutrophils Prevent Nosocomial Pneumonia after Serious Injury?

Kristína Macáková, Elzbieta Kaczmarek, Kiyoshi Itagaki

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Kristína MacákováDepartment of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-1593-5175
Elzbieta KaczmarekDepartment of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Kiyoshi ItagakiDepartment of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6033-1122
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · US

Funding

mtDAMPs and nosocomial pneumonia after injuryR03AI135346 · NIAID · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ITAGAKI, KIYOSHI · 2018 to 2019
$175k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5R03AI135346NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI135346
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nosocomial pneumonia is a leading cause of critical illness and mortality among seriously injured trauma patients. However, the link between injury and the development of nosocomial pneumonia is still not well recognized. Our work strongly suggests that mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns (mtDAMPs), especially mitochondrial formyl peptides (mtFPs) released by tissue injury, play a significant role in developing nosocomial pneumonia after a serious injury. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils, PMN) migrate toward the injury site by detecting mtFPs through formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1) to fight/contain bacterial infection and clean up debris. Activation of FPR1 by mtFPs enables PMN to reach the injury site; however, at the same time it leads to homo- and heterologous desensitization/internalization of chemokine receptors. Thus, PMN are not responsive to secondary infections, including those from bacteria-infected lungs. This may enable a progression of bacterial growth in the lungs and nosocomial pneumonia. We propose that the intratracheal application of exogenously isolated PMN may prevent pneumonia coupled with a serious injury.

Indexed as

Cross InfectionHealthcare-Associated PneumoniaPneumoniaChemotactic FactorsHumansLungNeutrophilsPeptidesReceptors, Formyl PeptideChemotactic FactorsPeptidesReceptors, Formyl PeptideFPR1infectioninjuryinnate immunityneutrophilsnosocomial pneumoniatrauma

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PMID37108790
PMCPMC10141656
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