Microbial Ligand Costimulation Drives Neutrophilic Steroid-Refractory Asthma.

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease whose etiology is poorly understood but is likely to involve innate responses to inhaled microbial components that are found in allergens. The influence of these components on pulmonary inflammation has been largely studied in the context of individual agonists, des...

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Main Authors: Sabelo Hadebe, Frank Kirstein, Kaat Fierens, Kong Chen, Rebecca A Drummond, Simon Vautier, Sara Sajaniemi, Graeme Murray, David L Williams, Pierre Redelinghuys, Todd A Reinhart, Beth A Fallert Junecko, Jay K Kolls, Bart N Lambrecht, Frank Brombacher, Gordon D Brown
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134219&type=printable
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author Sabelo Hadebe
Frank Kirstein
Kaat Fierens
Kong Chen
Rebecca A Drummond
Simon Vautier
Sara Sajaniemi
Graeme Murray
David L Williams
Pierre Redelinghuys
Todd A Reinhart
Beth A Fallert Junecko
Jay K Kolls
Bart N Lambrecht
Frank Brombacher
Gordon D Brown
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Frank Kirstein
Kaat Fierens
Kong Chen
Rebecca A Drummond
Simon Vautier
Sara Sajaniemi
Graeme Murray
David L Williams
Pierre Redelinghuys
Todd A Reinhart
Beth A Fallert Junecko
Jay K Kolls
Bart N Lambrecht
Frank Brombacher
Gordon D Brown
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description Asthma is a heterogeneous disease whose etiology is poorly understood but is likely to involve innate responses to inhaled microbial components that are found in allergens. The influence of these components on pulmonary inflammation has been largely studied in the context of individual agonists, despite knowledge that they can have synergistic effects when used in combination. Here we have explored the effects of LPS and β-glucan, two commonly-encountered microbial agonists, on the pathogenesis of allergic and non-allergic respiratory responses to house dust mite allergen. Notably, sensitization with these microbial components in combination acted synergistically to promote robust neutrophilic inflammation, which involved both Dectin-1 and TLR-4. This pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation was corticosteroid-refractory, resembling that found in patients with severe asthma. Thus our results provide key new insights into how microbial components influence the development of respiratory pathology.
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spelling doaj-art-64f80bc014614b9eab6e293c96da924b2025-08-20T02:34:09ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01108e013421910.1371/journal.pone.0134219Microbial Ligand Costimulation Drives Neutrophilic Steroid-Refractory Asthma.Sabelo HadebeFrank KirsteinKaat FierensKong ChenRebecca A DrummondSimon VautierSara SajaniemiGraeme MurrayDavid L WilliamsPierre RedelinghuysTodd A ReinhartBeth A Fallert JuneckoJay K KollsBart N LambrechtFrank BrombacherGordon D BrownAsthma is a heterogeneous disease whose etiology is poorly understood but is likely to involve innate responses to inhaled microbial components that are found in allergens. The influence of these components on pulmonary inflammation has been largely studied in the context of individual agonists, despite knowledge that they can have synergistic effects when used in combination. Here we have explored the effects of LPS and β-glucan, two commonly-encountered microbial agonists, on the pathogenesis of allergic and non-allergic respiratory responses to house dust mite allergen. Notably, sensitization with these microbial components in combination acted synergistically to promote robust neutrophilic inflammation, which involved both Dectin-1 and TLR-4. This pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation was corticosteroid-refractory, resembling that found in patients with severe asthma. Thus our results provide key new insights into how microbial components influence the development of respiratory pathology.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134219&type=printable
spellingShingle Sabelo Hadebe
Frank Kirstein
Kaat Fierens
Kong Chen
Rebecca A Drummond
Simon Vautier
Sara Sajaniemi
Graeme Murray
David L Williams
Pierre Redelinghuys
Todd A Reinhart
Beth A Fallert Junecko
Jay K Kolls
Bart N Lambrecht
Frank Brombacher
Gordon D Brown
Microbial Ligand Costimulation Drives Neutrophilic Steroid-Refractory Asthma.
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title Microbial Ligand Costimulation Drives Neutrophilic Steroid-Refractory Asthma.
title_full Microbial Ligand Costimulation Drives Neutrophilic Steroid-Refractory Asthma.
title_fullStr Microbial Ligand Costimulation Drives Neutrophilic Steroid-Refractory Asthma.
title_full_unstemmed Microbial Ligand Costimulation Drives Neutrophilic Steroid-Refractory Asthma.
title_short Microbial Ligand Costimulation Drives Neutrophilic Steroid-Refractory Asthma.
title_sort microbial ligand costimulation drives neutrophilic steroid refractory asthma
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134219&type=printable
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