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PLOS PATHOGENS
卷 11, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005180
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- American Lung Association [RT-226959-N]
- US NIH [RO1 AI41715, RO1 AI75312]
Asthma is believed to be a risk factor for influenza infection, however little experimental evidence exists to directly demonstrate the impact of asthma on susceptibility to influenza infection. Using a mouse model, we now report that asthmatic mice are actually significantly more resistant to a lethal influenza virus challenge. Notably, the observed increased resistance was not attributable to enhanced viral clearance, but instead, was due to reduced lung inflammation. Asthmatic mice exhibited a significantly reduced cytokine storm, as well as reduced total protein levels and cytotoxicity in the airways, indicators of decreased tissue injury. Further, asthmatic mice had significantly increased levels of TGF-beta 1 and the heightened resistance of asthmatic mice was abrogated in the absence of TGF-beta receptor II. We conclude that a transient increase in TGF-beta expression following acute asthma can induce protection against influenza-induced immunopathology.
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