Poly (I: C) induces human lung endothelial barrier dysfunction by disrupting tight junction expression of claudin-5

LY Huang, C Stuart, K Takeda, F D'Agnillo, B Golding - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Viral infections are often accompanied by pulmonary microvascular leakage and vascular
endothelial dysfunction via mechanisms that are not completely defined. Here, we …

Characterization of Toll-like receptors in primary lung epithelial cells: strong impact of the TLR3 ligand poly (I: C) on the regulation of Toll-like receptors, adaptor …

M Ritter, D Mennerich, A Weith, P Seither - Journal of inflammation, 2005 - Springer
Background Bacterial and viral exacerbations play a crucial role in a variety of lung diseases
including COPD or asthma. Since the lung epithelium is a major source of various …

Double-stranded RNA attenuates the barrier function of human pulmonary artery endothelial cells

Z Bálint, D Zabini, V Konya, C Nagaraj, AG Végh… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Circulating RNA may result from excessive cell damage or acute viral infection and can
interact with vascular endothelial cells. Despite the obvious clinical implications associated …

Long-term activation of TLR3 by poly (I: C) induces inflammation and impairs lung function in mice

NC Stowell, J Seideman, HA Raymond, KA Smalley… - Respiratory …, 2009 - Springer
Background The immune mechanisms associated with infection-induced disease
exacerbations in asthma and COPD are not fully understood. Toll-like receptor (TLR) 3 has …

Activation of interferon response through toll-like receptor 3 impacts viral pathogenesis and pulmonary toll-like receptor expression during respiratory syncytial virus …

MS Boukhvalova, TB Sotomayor, RC Point… - Journal of Interferon & …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Interferon (IFN) therapy in humans often causes flu-like symptoms by an unknown
mechanism. Poly ICLC is a synthetic dsRNA and a Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) agonist with a …

Toll-like receptor 3 is a therapeutic target for pulmonary hypertension

D Farkas, AAR Thompson, AR Bhagwani… - American Journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by vascular cell
proliferation and endothelial cell apoptosis. TLR3 (Toll-like receptor 3) is a receptor for …

Activation of endothelial toll-like receptor 3 impairs endothelial function

S Zimmer, M Steinmetz, T Asdonk, I Motz… - Circulation …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis are chronic inflammatory diseases
characterized by activation of the innate and acquired immune system. Specialized protein …

Regulation of viral infection-induced airway remodeling cytokine production by the TLR3-EGFR signaling pathway in human bronchial epithelial cells

J Jiang, Y Wang, X Tang, Y Yao… - COPD: Journal of Chronic …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) is involved in the virus-induced pulmonary
inflammatory response, but its role in airway remodeling after viral infection is unclear. We …

Toll-like receptor 3-mediated inflammation by p38 is enhanced by endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockdown

SR Koch, H Choi, EH Mace, RJ Stark - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2019 - Springer
Background Vascular dysfunction is commonly seen during severe viral infections.
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), has been postulated to play an important role in …

Preventing occludin tight-junction disruption via inhibition of microRNA-193b-5p attenuates viral load and influenza-induced lung injury

CM Vaswani, AK Varkouhi, S Gupta, AM Ektesabi… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
Virus-induced lung injury is associated with loss of pulmonary epithelial-endothelial tight
junction integrity. While the alveolar-capillary membrane may be an indirect target of injury …