Airway Epithelial-Derived Immune Mediators in COVID-19

TJF Guo, GK Singhera, JM Leung, DR Dorscheid - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The airway epithelium, which lines the conducting airways, is central to the defense of the
lungs against inhaled particulate matter and pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that …

In search of a function for human type III interferons: insights from inherited and acquired deficits

Q Zhang, K Kisand, Y Feng, D Rinchai… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The essential and redundant functions of human type I and II interferons (IFNs) have been
delineated over the last three decades by studies of patients with inborn errors of immunity …

Pharmacological improvement of CFTR function rescues airway epithelial homeostasis and host defense in children with cystic fibrosis

J Loske, M Völler, S Lukassen, M Stahl… - American Journal of …, 2024 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Pharmacological improvement of CFTR function with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/
ivacaftor (ETI) provides unprecedented improvements in lung function and other clinical …

Single-cell epitope-transcriptomics reveal lung stromal and immune cell response kinetics to nanoparticle-delivered RIG-I and TLR4 agonists

MC Keenum, P Chatterjee, A Atalis, B Pandey… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Lung-resident and circulatory lymphoid, myeloid, and stromal cells, expressing various
pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), detect pathogen-and danger-associated molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication by Petasites hybridus CO2-extract (Ze 339)

CA Jakwerth, V Grass, A Erb, A Pichlmair… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The intensified search for low-threshold herbal anti-viral drugs would be of
great advantage in prevention of early stages of infection. Since the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological Improvement of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Function Rescues Airway Epithelial Homeostasis and Host …

J Loske, M Völler, S Lukassen, M Stahl… - American Journal of …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives To investigate effects of ETI on the transcriptome of nasal epithelial and immune
cells from children with CF at the single-cell level. Methods Nasal swabs from 13 children …

Biosensors for Monitoring of Biologically Relevant Molecules

PA Raymundo-Pereira - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since the creation of the glucose enzyme sensor in the early 1960s by Clark and Lyons [1],
biosensors have entered a new era in the detection and tracking of biologically relevant …