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ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2025

Analysis of human neutrophils from nasal polyps by single-cell RNA sequencing reveals roles of neutrophils in chronic rhinosinusitis.

Naruhito Iwasaki, Julie A Poposki, Masanori Kidoguchi, Aiko Oka, Aiko I Klingler, Whitney W Stevens, Lydia A Suh, Junqin Bai, Anju T Peters, Leslie C Grammer and 8 more

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Article in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Beyond Type 2 Inflammation: Why Neutrophils Deserve a Central Role in Refractory Airway Disease.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
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  5. [Advances in the pathogenesis and treatment of neutrophils in chronic sinusitis].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Naruhito IwasakiDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Julie A PoposkiDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Masanori KidoguchiDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Aiko OkaDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Aiko I KlinglerDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Whitney W StevensDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Lydia A SuhDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Junqin BaiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Anju T PetersDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Leslie C GrammerDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Kevin C WelchDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Stephanie S SmithDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
David B ConleyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Bruce S BochnerDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Robert P SchleimerDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Robert C KernDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Bruce K TanDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Atsushi KatoDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: a-kato@northwestern.edu.

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Devalingam Mahalingam · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
Population-based CRS epidemiology: sex differences, natural history, and long-term outcomes based on clinically-defined phenotypes and biologically-based endotypes - GeisingerP01AI145818 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KATO, ATSUSHI · 2019 to 2023
$9.3M
Using siglecs and their ligands to treat allergic diseases SALTADU19AI136443 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SCHNAAR, RONALD L · 2018 to 2022
$7.6M
Initiators, biomarkers and mechanisms of epithelial dysfunction and immune pathogenesis in chronic rhinosinusitis and aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD)R01AI137174 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SCHLEIMER, ROBERT P · 2018 to 2022
$3.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI145818NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137174NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI136443
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is characterized by type 2 (T2) inflammation. Recent studies, including our own, suggest that neutrophils are also elevated in T2 nasal polyps (NP) and that elevated neutrophils display an activated phenotype. However, the actual roles of neutrophils in NP pathogenesis in T2 CRSwNP are still largely unclear.

objectiveTo reveal the roles and heterogeneity of neutrophils in NP tissue by single-cell RNA sequencing analysis.

methodsWe developed a novel microwell-based single-cell RNA sequencing assay using granulocyte-enriched samples from 5 control sinus tissues, 5 NP tissues and patient-matched peripheral blood (PB) samples. This approach allowed for examination of differential expression of genes in NP neutrophils by the Benjamini-Hochberg algorithm and predicted the overall function of NP neutrophils by pathway and Gene Ontology enrichment analyses.

resultsAfter performing all quality control steps, we successfully detected neutrophils. We identified 333 downregulated and 128 upregulated genes in NP neutrophils (1,151 cells) compared with all PB neutrophils (13,591 cells) (>1.5-fold, q < 0.05) and found commonly dysregulated genes in NP neutrophils compared with both all PB and control sinus tissue neutrophils (3,136 cells). Commonly downregulated genes in NP neutrophils were associated with the innate immune system, and upregulated genes were associated with nuclear factor-κB signaling, cytokine activity, and cellular response to oxygen-containing compounds. NP neutrophils displayed 4 clusters revealing potential heterogeneity of neutrophils in NP tissue.

conclusionsElevated neutrophils in NP tissue appear to exist in several subphenotypes that may play important pathogenic roles in CRSwNP.

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Nasal PolypsNeutrophilsRhinitisSinusitisAdultChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRhinosinusitisSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell Analysischronic rhinosinusitisheterogeneitynasal polypsNeutrophilsscRNA-Seq

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PMID39522652
PMCPMC11875937

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