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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 81, 期 6, 页码 2880-2886出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02583-06
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Asthma is characterized as a chronic inflammatory disease associated with significant tissue remodeling. Patients with asthma are more susceptible to virus-induced exacerbation, which subsequently can lead to increased rates of hospitalization and mortality. While the most common cause of asthma-related deaths is respiratory viral infections, the underlying factors in the lung environment which render asthmatic subjects more susceptible to viral exacerbation are not yet identified. Since transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) is a critical cytokine for lung tissue remodeling and asthma phenotype, we have focused on the effects of TGF-beta on viral replication and virus-induced inflammation. Treatment of human epithelial cells with TGF-beta increased respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) replication by approximately fourfold. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) mRNA and protein expression were also significantly increased above levels with RSV infection alone. The increase in RSV replication and TNF-alpha expression after TGF-beta treatment was concomitant with an increase in virus-induced p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. Our data reveal a novel effect for TGF-beta on RSV replication and provide a potential mechanism for the exaggerated inflammatory response observed in asthmatic subjects during respiratory viral infections.
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