Potential of lactoferrin in the treatment of lung diseases

K Kaczyńska, M Jampolska, P Wojciechowski… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lactoferrin (LF) is a multifunctional iron-binding glycoprotein that exhibits a variety of
properties, such as immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anticancer, that …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa in chronic lung disease: untangling the dysregulated host immune response

R Nickerson, CS Thornton, B Johnston… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a highly adaptable opportunistic pathogen capable of
exploiting barriers and immune defects to cause chronic lung infections in conditions such …

Effects of highly effective modulator therapy on the dynamics of the respiratory mucosal environment and inflammatory response in cystic fibrosis

SE Atteih, CR Armbruster, Y Hilliam… - Pediatric …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background While the widespread initiation of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) has led
to dramatic clinical improvements among persons with cystic fibrosis (pwCF), little is known …

Cystic fibrosis autoantibody signatures associate with Staphylococcus aureus lung infection or cystic fibrosis-related diabetes

R Yadav, QZ Li, H Huang, SL Bridges Jr… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction While cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is characterized by persistent
inflammation and infections and chronic inflammatory diseases are often accompanied by …

Systems serology in cystic fibrosis: Anti-Pseudomonas IgG1 responses and reduced lung function

S Lu, K Chen, K Song, JM Pilewski, BM Gunn… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
Nearly one-half of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) carry the homozygous F508del mutation
in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene but exhibit variable …

Immune Response in Cystic Fibrosis: Interplay between the Host and Microbes

S Boutin, L Guillot - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare genetic disease caused by genetic variants of the cystic fibrosis
transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)[1]. This disease is characterized by microbial …

The Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator Controls Tolerogenic Responses to Food Allergens in Mice and Humans

M Emmenegger, C Zografou, Y Dai, LR Hoyt… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
IgE antibodies against the allergen Ara-h2 can cause life-threatening anaphylaxis upon
exposure to peanuts. Desensitization strategies aim at inducing IgG responses against Ara …

Hypothiocyanite and host–microbe interactions

JD Meredith, MJ Gray - Molecular microbiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The pseudohypohalous acid hypothiocyanite/hypothiocyanous acid (OSCN−/HOSCN) has
been known to play an antimicrobial role in mammalian immunity for decades. It is a potent …

The prognostic and biological importance of chromatin regulation-related genes for lung cancer is examined using bioinformatics and experimentally confirmed

S Ren, H Yu - Pathology-Research and Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The pathogenesis and clinical diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), a
malignant illness with substantial morbidity and mortality, are still being investigated. Genes …

An ALARMINg Type 2 Response in Cystic Fibrosis—The Key to Understanding ABPA?

CM Bojanowski, JP Bitoun, JK Kolls - American Journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Cystic fibrosis (CF) airway disease is marked by significant regional heterogeneity and
severe neutrophil-predominant inflammation with high levels of proinflammatory cytokines …