Genomics of otitis media (OM): molecular genetics approaches to characterize disease pathophysiology

APJ Giese, S Ali, A Isaiah, I Aziz, S Riazuddin… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Otitis media (OM) is an infective and inflammatory disorder known to be a major cause of
hearing impairment across all age groups. Both acute and chronic OM result in substantial …

Current understanding of host genetics of otitis media

R Geng, Q Wang, E Chen, QY Zheng - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pathogenesis of otitis media (OM), an inflammatory disease of the middle ear (ME),
involves interplay between many different factors, including the pathogenicity of infectious …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic otitis media is initiated by a bulla cavitation defect in the FBXO11 mouse model

J Del-Pozo, N MacIntyre, A Azar… - Disease Models & …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Auditory bulla cavitation defects are a cause of otitis media, but the normal cellular pattern of
bulla mesenchyme regression and its failure are not well understood. In mice, neural-crest …

High concentrations of middle ear antimicrobial peptides and proteins and proinflammatory cytokines are associated with detection of middle ear pathogens in …

EJ Seppanen, RB Thornton, KJ Corscadden… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Recurrent and chronic otitis media (OM) are often refractory to antibiotics due to bacterial
persistence in biofilm within the middle ear. In vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated …

Panel 3: Genomics, precision medicine and targeted therapies

RLP Santos-Cortez, MF Bhutta, JP Earl, L Hafrén… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To review the most recent advances in human and bacterial genomics as applied
to pathogenesis and clinical management of otitis media. Data sources PubMed articles …

The transcriptional landscape of the cultured murine middle ear epithelium in vitro

A Mulay, MMK Chowdhury, CT James… - Biology …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Otitis media (OM) is the most common paediatric disease and leads to significant morbidity.
Although understanding of underlying disease mechanisms is hampered by complex …

The multifunctional roles of short palate, lung, and nasal epithelium clone 1 in regulating airway surface liquid and participating in airway host defense

Q Liu, Z Wang, W Zhang - Journal of Interferon & Cytokine …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Short palate, lung, and nasal epithelium clone 1 (SPLUNC1) is a kind of secretory protein,
and gets expressed abundantly in normal respiratory epithelium of humans. As a natural …

Panel 1: Biotechnology, biomedical engineering and new models of otitis media

M Gisselsson-Solén, PA Tähtinen, AF Ryan… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To summarize recently published key articles on the topics of biomedical
engineering, biotechnology and new models in relation to otitis media (OM). Data sources …

BPIFA1 Interactions with Bacteria and Their Importance for Airway Host Defence

R Caikauskaite - 2018 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein fold-containing family member A1 (BPIFA1) is
abundantly secreted protein of the upper airways that plays a pleiotropic role in airway …

The role of KRT5+ progenitors in chronic otitis media

DP Chandrasekharan - 2020 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Background: Chronic inflammation of the middle ear, known as chronic otitis media, is a
debilitating condition of unknown aetiology that causes hearing loss in children and adults …