In vitro models to study viral-induced asthma exacerbation: a short review for a key issue

Asthma is a heterogenous inflammatory bronchial disease involving complex mechanisms, several inflammatory pathways, and multiples cell-type networks. Bronchial inflammation associated to asthma is consecutive to multiple aggressions on epithelium, such as microbiologic, pollutant, and antigenic age...

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Main Authors: Rémi Pereira De Oliveira, Clément Droillard, Gilles Devouassoux, Manuel Rosa-Calatrava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Allergy
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/falgy.2025.1530122/full
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Summary:Asthma is a heterogenous inflammatory bronchial disease involving complex mechanisms, several inflammatory pathways, and multiples cell-type networks. Bronchial inflammation associated to asthma is consecutive to multiple aggressions on epithelium, such as microbiologic, pollutant, and antigenic agents, which are responsible for both T2 and non-T2 inflammatory responses and further airway remodeling. Because asthma physiopathology involves multiple crosstalk between several cell types from different origins (epithelial, mesenchymal, and immune cells) and numerous cellular effectors, no single and/or representative in vitro model is suitable to study the overall of this disease. In this short review, we present and discuss the advantages and limitations of different in vitro models to decipher different aspects of virus-related asthma physiopathology and exacerbation.
ISSN:2673-6101