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ArticleThe journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global2024

Dysfunctional neutrophil type 1 interferon responses in preschool children with recurrent wheezing and IL-4-mediated aeroallergen sensitization.

Anne M Fitzpatrick, Min Huang, Ahmad F Mohammad, Susan T Stephenson, Rishikesan Kamaleswaran, Jocelyn R Grunwell

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Article in The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anne M FitzpatrickDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Min HuangDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Ahmad F MohammadDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Susan T StephensonDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Rishikesan KamaleswaranDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Jocelyn R GrunwellDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Emory University · US

Funding

Phenotypes and Endotypes of Preschool WheezeR01NR017939 · NINR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FITZPATRICK, ANNE MENTRO · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Mentored patient-oriented research in preschool wheezing disordersK24NR018866 · NINR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FITZPATRICK, ANNE MENTRO · 2020 to 2024
$625k
NINR NIH HHS K24 NR018866NINR NIH HHS R01 NR017939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The innate mechanisms associated with viral exacerbations in preschool children with recurrent wheezing are not understood. Objective: We sought to assess differential gene expression in blood neutrophils from preschool children with recurrent wheezing, stratified by aeroallergen sensitization, at baseline and after exposure to polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C)) and also to examine whether poly(I:C)-stimulated blood neutrophils influenced airway epithelial gene expression. Methods: Blood neutrophils were purified and cultured overnight with poly(I:C) and underwent next-generation sequencing with Reactome pathway analysis. Primary human small airway epithelial cells were treated with poly(I:C)-treated neutrophil culture supernatants and were analyzed for type 1 interferon gene expression with a targeted array. Symptoms and exacerbations were assessed in participants over 12 months. Results: A total of 436 genes were differently expressed in neutrophils from children with versus without aeroallergen sensitization at baseline, with significant downregulation of type 1 interferons. These type 1 interferons were significantly upregulated in sensitized children after poly(I:C) stimulation. Confirmatory experiments demonstrated similar upregulation of type 1 interferons in IL-4-treated neutrophils stimulated with poly(I:C). Poly(I:C)-treated neutrophil supernatants from children with aeroallergen sensitization also induced a type 1 interferon response in epithelial cells. Children with aeroallergen sensitization also had higher symptom scores during exacerbations, and these symptom differences persisted for 3 days after prednisolone treatment. Conclusions: Type 1 interferon responses are dysregulated in preschool children with aeroallergen sensitization, which is in turn associated with exacerbation severity. Given the importance of type 1 interferon signaling in viral resolution, additional studies of neutrophil type 1 interferon responses are needed in this population.

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Asthmaendotypeinnate immunityneutrophilnext-generation sequencingphenotyperespiratory infectionsensitizationtype 1 interferonwheezing

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PMCPMC10950716
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