Animal and translational models of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19

MD Johansen, A Irving, X Montagutelli, MD Tate… - Mucosal …, 2020 - nature.com
COVID-19 is causing a major once-in-a-century global pandemic. The scientific and clinical
community is in a race to define and develop effective preventions and treatments. The …

[HTML][HTML] Why do some asthma patients respond poorly to glucocorticoid therapy?

I Henderson, E Caiazzo, C McSharry, TJ Guzik… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Glucocorticosteroids are the first-line therapy for controlling airway inflammation in asthma.
They bind intracellular glucocorticoid receptors to trigger increased expression of anti …

Critical role for iron accumulation in the pathogenesis of fibrotic lung disease

MK Ali, RY Kim, AC Brown, C Donovan… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increased iron levels and dysregulated iron homeostasis, or both, occur in several lung
diseases. Here, the effects of iron accumulation on the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis …

Role of lung microbiome in innate immune response associated with chronic lung diseases

KR Paudel, V Dharwal, VK Patel, I Galvao… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung
fibrosis, and lung cancer, pose a huge socio-economic burden on society and are one of the …

Human airway epithelial extracellular vesicle miRNA signature is altered upon asthma development

S Bartel, S La Grutta, G Cilluffo, G Perconti… - Allergy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background miRNAs are master regulators of signaling pathways critically involved in
asthma and are transferred between cells in extracellular vesicles (EV). We aimed to …

Hypoxia‐inducible factor and bacterial infections in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

SD Shukla, EH Walters, JL Simpson, S Keely… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT COPD is a seriously disabling respiratory condition that inexorably progresses
to disability and mortality. It affects approximately 10% of the population globally with a …

A network of sputum microRNAs is associated with neutrophilic airway inflammation in asthma

JL Gomez, A Chen, MP Diaz, N Zirn… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: MicroRNAs are potent regulators of biologic systems that are critical to tissue
homeostasis. Individual microRNAs have been identified in airway samples. However, a …

Respiratory viral infections in exacerbation of chronic airway inflammatory diseases: novel mechanisms and insights from the upper airway epithelium

KS Tan, RL Lim, J Liu, HH Ong, VJ Tan… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Respiratory virus infection is one of the major sources of exacerbation of chronic airway
inflammatory diseases. These exacerbations are associated with high morbidity and even …

Crucial role for lung iron level and regulation in the pathogenesis and severity of asthma

MK Ali, RY Kim, AC Brown, JR Mayall… - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Accumulating evidence highlights links between iron regulation and respiratory disease.
Here, we assessed the relationship between iron levels and regulatory responses in clinical …

The cell type–specific functions of miR-21 in cardiovascular diseases

B Dai, F Wang, X Nie, H Du, Y Zhao, Z Yin, H Li… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the prime reasons for disability and death worldwide.
Diseases and conditions, such as hypoxia, pressure overload, infection, and hyperglycemia …