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Characterization of low-density granulocytes in COVID-19. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009721. [PMID: 34228753 PMCID: PMC8284631 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Severe COVID-19 is characterized by extensive pulmonary complications, to which host immune responses are believed to play a role. As the major arm of innate immunity, neutrophils are one of the first cells recruited to the site of infection where their excessive activation can contribute to lung pathology. Low-density granulocytes (LDGs) are circulating neutrophils, whose numbers increase in some autoimmune diseases and cancer, but are poorly characterized in acute viral infections. Using flow cytometry, we detected a significant increase of LDGs in the blood of acute COVID-19 patients, compared to healthy controls. Based on their surface marker expression, COVID-19-related LDGs exhibit four different populations, which display distinctive stages of granulocytic development and most likely reflect emergency myelopoiesis. Moreover, COVID-19 LDGs show a link with an elevated recruitment and activation of neutrophils. Functional assays demonstrated the immunosuppressive capacities of these cells, which might contribute to impaired lymphocyte responses during acute disease. Taken together, our data confirms a significant granulocyte activation during COVID-19 and suggests that granulocytes of lower density play a role in disease progression. The emergence of SARS-COV-2 and the ensuing COVID-19 disease has revealed an unprecedented need to understand the pathological mechanisms of acute respiratory infections in more detail. Granulocytes are highly abundant cells of the innate immunity, and thus first responders towards acute infections. However, their excessive activation can cause unwanted tissue damage and detrimental effects in humans. This study identifies a population of low-density granulocytes (LDGs) in COVID-19 patient samples, which has been poorly described in the context of acute infections so far. These cells were subclassified and found to be mainly of immature phenotypes. Further characterization revealed COVID-19 LDGs as a phenotypically diverse population with immunosuppressive characteristics, which seemed to be in line with an elevated recruitment and activation of granulocytes. Altogether, these findings suggest LDG may play a role in COVID-19 disease progression.
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Carlsson CJ, Rasmussen MA, Pedersen SB, Wang N, Stokholm J, Chawes BL, Bønnelykke K, Bisgaard H. Airway immune mediator levels during asthma-like symptoms in young children and their possible role in response to azithromycin. Allergy 2021; 76:1754-1764. [PMID: 33150590 DOI: 10.1111/all.14651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Asthma-like symptoms in young children are orchestrated by the local airway immune response, but current knowledge largely relies on in vitro airway models. Azithromycin has been shown to reduce the duration of episodes with asthma-like symptoms, but efficacy may depend on the individual child's immune response. OBJECTIVES To investigate in vivo upper airway immune mediator levels during episodes with asthma-like symptoms in young children and their ability to predict the clinical response to azithromycin treatment. METHODS A total of 535 children aged 0-3 years from the Copenhagen Prospective Studies of Asthma in Childhood-2010 mother-child cohort were examined for immune mediator levels in samples of nasal epithelial lining fluid during episodes with asthma-like symptoms as well as in the asymptomatic state. In a sub-study, children with recurrent asthma-like symptoms were randomized to either a 3-day course of oral azithromycin (10 mg/kg; n = 32) or placebo (n = 38). In the current study, we compared the pretreatment immune mediator levels with the clinical response to treatment with azithromycin in an exploratory post hoc analysis. RESULTS The immune mediator concentrations during vs outside episodes were significantly upregulated for IFN-ɣ (ratio 1.73), TNF-α (ratio 2.05), IL-1β (ratio 1.45), IL-10 (ratio 1.97), while CCL22 (ratio 0.65) was downregulated. Low levels of TNF-α and IL-10 and high levels of CCL22 predicted better treatment response to azithromycin (P-values < .05). CONCLUSION Upper airway immune mediator levels were altered during episodes of asthma-like symptoms, and levels of TNF-α, CCL22, and IL-10 may predict the response to azithromycin treatment.
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- Christian J. Carlsson
- COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
- Department of Food Science University of Copenhagen Frederiksberg Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine Technical University of Denmark Lyngby Denmark
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- COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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Management of preschool recurrent wheezing and asthma: a phenotype-based approach. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2017; 17:131-138. [PMID: 28118241 DOI: 10.1097/aci.0000000000000344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent evidence on the management of preschool children with wheezing and asthma, and to propose a phenotype-based approach to the management of these children. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies have begun to identify populations of preschool children that are likely to benefit from inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) therapy and defined ICS regimens: daily ICS in preschool children with persistent asthma, and pre-emptive high-dose intermittent ICS among preschool children with intermittent disease reduce the risk of exacerbation. In addition, among preschool children with mild persistent asthma, the presence of aeroallergen sensitivity and/or blood eosinophil counts of 300/μL or greater are predictors of good response to daily ICS therapy. Other studies identified intermittent azithromycin as a therapy to prevent, and potentially to treat, acute exacerbations.The uncertainty of the role of oral corticosteroids (OCS) as a therapy for acute exacerbations continues, as a recent meta-analysis showed that OCS did not prevent hospitalizations or urgent visits, and did not reduce the need for additional courses of OCS. Whereas previous epidemiologic studies suggested acetaminophen may increase risk of exacerbations, a clinical trial clearly demonstrated acetaminophen use, compared to ibuprofen use,does not increase exacerbation risk among preschool children with mild-persistent asthma. SUMMARY Recent studies have shown potential for phenotypic-driven therapies for the management of preschool children with asthma. Targeting airway bacteria has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach, but its effect on antibiotic resistance still needs to be investigated. Finally, more studies are required to evaluate if oral corticosteroids provide any benefits for acute episodic wheeze.
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Guiddir T, Saint-Pierre P, Purenne-Denis E, Lambert N, Laoudi Y, Couderc R, Gouvis-Echraghi R, Amat F, Just J. Neutrophilic Steroid-Refractory Recurrent Wheeze and Eosinophilic Steroid-Refractory Asthma in Children. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE 2017; 5:1351-1361.e2. [PMID: 28363401 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Revised: 01/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about inflammatory pathways of severe recurrent wheeze in preschool children and severe asthma in children. OBJECTIVES The aim of the Severe Asthma Molecular Phenotype cohort was to characterize phenotypes of severe recurrent wheeze and severe asthma during childhood in terms of triggers (allergic or not), involved cells (eosinophil or neutrophil), and corticoid responsiveness. METHODS Children with moderate-to-severe asthma and preschool children with moderate-to-severe recurrent wheeze were enrolled prospectively. They underwent standardized clinical and blood workup, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) evaluation. Cluster analysis was applied to 350 children with 34 variables. RESULTS Three clusters were identified: cluster 1, Neutrophilic steroid-refractory recurrent wheeze phenotype, with 138 children uncontrolled despite high-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) (92%, P < .001), with more history of pneumonia (31%, P < .001), more gastroesophageal reflux disease (37%, P < .001), and the highest blood neutrophil count (mean 4.524 cells/mm3, P = .05); cluster 2, Severe recurrent wheeze with sensitization to a single aeroallergen (12%, P = .002), with 104 children controlled with high-dose ICS (63%, P < .001); cluster 3, Eosinophilic steroid-refractory asthma phenotype, with 108 children uncontrolled despite high-dose ICS (76%, P < .001) with more allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and food allergies (82%, 40%, 31%, P < .001, respectively). They also had a higher blood eosinophil count and a higher percentage of BAL eosinophil (506/mm3, 2.6%, P < .001 respectively). CONCLUSIONS Inflammation pathway of asthma and recurrent wheeze are related to eosinophil cells in older children and neutrophil cells in younger children. These results could improve personalized treatments.
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- Tamazoust Guiddir
- Allergology Department, Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France; University Paris 06, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Allergology Department, Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Allergology Department, Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France; University Paris 06, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Allergology Department, Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Biochemistry Laboratory, Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Allergology Department, Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Allergology Department, Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France; University Paris 06, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Allergology Department, Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France; University Paris 06, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
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James A, Stenberg Hammar K, Reinius L, Konradsen JR, Dahlén SE, Söderhäll C, Hedlin G. A longitudinal assessment of circulating YKL-40 levels in preschool children with wheeze. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2017; 28:79-85. [PMID: 27732738 DOI: 10.1111/pai.12669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The chitinase-like protein YKL-40 (CHI3L1) is elevated in the circulation of adults and schoolchildren with chronic severe asthma. It is unknown whether YKL-40 is altered in younger, preschool children with wheeze, acute or chronic. We therefore examined YKL-40 in preschool children during an acute episode of wheeze and during remission, in comparison with healthy controls. METHODS Blood was obtained from 128 children (aged 6-44 months) at the emergency department during an acute episode of wheeze, and at two follow-up visits (approximately 3 months and 1 year later), as well as from 100 age-matched healthy controls on one occasion. Plasma YKL-40 levels were examined in relation to CHI3L1 rs4950928 genotype and clinical characteristics including Asthma Predictive Index, medication use, time spent with respiratory symptoms, atopic status, and blood leukocytes. RESULTS Children with wheeze had higher median YKL-40 levels at the acute visit (14.7 (11.5-22.6) ng/ml, p < 0.001) and 3-month follow-up (15.9 (11.5-20.2), p < 0.001) compared to the 1-year follow-up (11.9 (9.5-17.3)). YKL-40 levels in healthy controls (13.6 (11.0-17.0)) tended to be lower than those during acute wheeze (p = 0.07) and 3-month follow-up (p = 0.04), but were no different at the 1-year follow-up. CHI3L1 rs4950928 affected YKL-40 in all subjects, with highest levels present in those with the CC genotype (p < 0.001). Genotype frequency was similar in the two subject groups. YKL-40 levels showed a positive correlation with blood neutrophil counts but no consistent relationships with clinical characteristics of relevance to continuous wheeze. CONCLUSION YKL-40 levels were elevated during acute wheeze in preschool children, a finding which may be related to current neutrophilic inflammation, but YKL-40 was not associated with characteristics of persistent wheeze in this young cohort.
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- Anna James
- Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Medicine, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Grigg J. Antibiotics for preschool wheeze. THE LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE 2015; 4:2-3. [PMID: 26704021 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(15)00520-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Jonathan Grigg
- Centre for Child Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 2AT, UK.
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Paul SP, Bhatt JM. Preschool Wheeze is Not Asthma: A Clinical Dilemma - Authors' Reply. Indian J Pediatr 2015; 82:971-2. [PMID: 25994803 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-015-1749-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Siba Prosad Paul
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8BJ, UK.
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham Children's Hospital, Nottingham, UK
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Beggs S, Mortyn E, Cunliffe T, Walters JAE. Systemic steroids versus placebo for acute wheeze in preschool aged children. Hippokratia 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd010865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Sean Beggs
- Royal Hobart Hospital; Department of Paediatrics; 48 Liverpool Street Hobart Tasmania Australia 7000
- University of Tasmania; School of Medicine; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- University of Tasmania; School of Medicine; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- University of Tasmania; School of Medicine; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- University of Tasmania; School of Medicine; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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Mallia P, Message SD, Contoli M, Gray KK, Telcian A, Laza-Stanca V, Papi A, Stanciu LA, Elkin S, Kon OM, Johnson M, Johnston SL. Neutrophil adhesion molecules in experimental rhinovirus infection in COPD. Respir Res 2013; 14:72. [PMID: 23834268 PMCID: PMC3726453 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-14-72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND COPD exacerbations are associated with neutrophilic airway inflammation. Adhesion molecules on the surface of neutrophils may play a key role in their movement from blood to the airways. We analysed adhesion molecule expression on blood and sputum neutrophils from COPD subjects and non-obstructed smokers during experimental rhinovirus infections. METHODS Blood and sputum were collected from 9 COPD subjects and 10 smoking and age-matched control subjects at baseline, and neutrophil expression of the adhesion molecules and activation markers measured using flow cytometry. The markers examined were CD62L and CD162 (mediating initial steps of neutrophil rolling and capture), CD11a and CD11b (required for firm neutrophil adhesion), CD31 and CD54 (involved in neutrophil transmigration through the endothelial monolayer) and CD63 and CD66b (neutrophil activation markers). Subjects were then experimentally infected with rhinovirus-16 and repeat samples collected for neutrophil analysis at post-infection time points. RESULTS At baseline there were no differences in adhesion molecule expression between the COPD and non-COPD subjects. Expression of CD11a, CD31, CD62L and CD162 was reduced on sputum neutrophils compared to blood neutrophils. Following rhinovirus infection expression of CD11a expression on blood neutrophils was significantly reduced in both subject groups. CD11b, CD62L and CD162 expression was significantly reduced only in the COPD subjects. Blood neutrophil CD11b expression correlated inversely with inflammatory markers and symptom scores in COPD subjects. CONCLUSION Following rhinovirus infection neutrophils with higher surface expression of adhesion molecules are likely preferentially recruited to the lungs. CD11b may be a key molecule involved in neutrophil trafficking in COPD exacerbations.
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- Patrick Mallia
- Airway Disease Infection Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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van de Kant KDG, Klaassen EMM, van Aerde KJ, Damoiseaux J, Bruggeman CA, Stelma FF, Stobberingh EE, Muris JWM, Jöbsis Q, van Schayck OCP, Dompeling E. Impact of bacterial colonization on exhaled inflammatory markers in wheezing preschool children. J Breath Res 2012; 6:046001. [PMID: 22990010 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/6/4/046001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Wheeze is a common symptom in preschool children. The role of bacteria, regulatory T (T(reg)) cells and their association with airway inflammation in preschool wheeze is largely unknown. We evaluated inflammatory markers in exhaled breath condensate (EBC), bacterial colonization and circulating T(reg) cells in preschool children with and without recurrent wheeze. We recruited 252 children (aged two to four years) with (N = 202) and without (N = 50) recurrent wheeze. EBC was collected using an efficient closed glass condenser. Inflammatory markers in EBC (Interleukin(IL)-2, IL-4, IL-8, IL-10, IL-13) were assessed using multiplex immunoassay. Nasal and throat swabs were analysed for presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus (para)influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus. Proportions of T(reg) cells (CD4(+)CD25(high)CD127(-)) were quantified by flow cytometry. Recurrent wheezing children had elevated EBC levels of IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IL-13 compared to non-wheezers (odds ratio (95% confidence interval): 1.67 (1.23-2.27): 1.58 (1.15-2.18): 1.47 (1.14-1.90): 1.55 (1.16-2.06), p <0.05, respectively). Bacteria were frequently present in children with and without wheeze, with no difference in prevalence (16-52% versus 16-50%, respectively). Moreover, the proportion of T(reg) cells did not differ between both groups. Wheezing children with bacterial colonization did not significantly differ in exhaled levels of inflammatory markers or proportion of T(reg) cells compared to wheezing children without colonization. The analysis of EBC might serve as a helpful non-invasive tool to early assess airway inflammation in wheezing children. The various elevated exhaled inflammatory markers indicate increased airway inflammation in wheezing preschool children. In the presence of wheeze, we found no evidence for bacterial induced airway inflammation.
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- Kim D G van de Kant
- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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van de Kant KDG, Jansen MA, Klaassen EMM, van der Grinten CP, Rijkers GT, Muris JWM, van Schayck OCP, Jöbsis Q, Dompeling E. Elevated inflammatory markers at preschool age precede persistent wheezing at school age. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2012; 23:259-64. [PMID: 22192238 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01244.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Wheeze is a heterogeneous symptom in preschool children. At preschool age it is hard to predict whether symptoms will pass or persist and develop into asthma. Our objective is to prospectively study whether inflammatory markers in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and pre- and post-bronchodilator interrupter resistance (Rint) assessed at preschool age, are associated with wheezing phenotypes at school age. METHODS Children (N = 230) were recruited from the Asthma DEtection and Monitoring (ADEM) study. At preschool age [mean (SE): 3.3 (0.1) yr], pre- and post-bronchodilator Rint was assessed. EBC was collected using a closed glass condenser. Inflammatory markers (IL-2, IL-4, IL-8, IL-10, sICAM) were measured using multiplex immunoassay. Wheezing phenotypes at 5 yr of age were determined based on longitudinal assessment. Children were classified as: never (N = 47), early-transient (N = 89) or persistent wheezers (N = 94). RESULTS Persistent wheezers had elevated levels of all interleukins at preschool age compared to children who never wheezed (p < 0.05). EBC markers did not differ between the persistent and transient wheezers. There was no marked difference in Rint between wheezing phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that 5 yr old children with persistent wheeze already had elevated exhaled inflammatory markers at preschool age compared to never wheezers, indicating augmented airway inflammation in these children.
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- Kim D G van de Kant
- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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Subbarao P, Becker A, Brook JR, Daley D, Mandhane PJ, Miller GE, Turvey SE, Sears MR. Epidemiology of asthma: risk factors for development. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2010; 5:77-95. [PMID: 20476901 DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.5.1.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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This comprehensive review of the recent literature was undertaken to determine the current state of knowledge of the risk factors involved in the development of asthma in order to focus investigations in a proposed new longitudinal birth cohort study. The origins of asthma appear to lie in the prenatal and early postnatal period, and renewed investigations in this period with long-term close follow-up and objective phenotypic characterization will help to unravel the role of the multiple putative environmental factors in the development of asthma. It is only after understanding these effects that one can hope to design rational prevention studies for asthma.
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- Padmaja Subbarao
- Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Gabriele C, de Benedictis FM, de Jongste JC. Exhaled nitric oxide measurements in the first 2 years of life: methodological issues, clinical and epidemiological applications. Ital J Pediatr 2009; 35:21. [PMID: 19712438 PMCID: PMC2717974 DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a useful tool to diagnose and monitor eosinophilic bronchial inflammation in asthmatic children and adults. In children younger than 2 years of age FeNO has been successfully measured both with the tidal breathing and with the single breath techniques. However, there are a number of methodological issues that need to be addressed in order to increase the reproducibility of the FeNO measurements within and between infants. Indeed, a standardized method to measure FeNO in the first 2 years of life would be extremely useful in order to meaningfully interpret FeNO values in this age group. Several factors related to the measurement conditions have been found to influence FeNO, such as expiratory flow, ambient NO and nasal contamination. Furthermore, the exposure to pre- and postnatal risk factors for respiratory morbidity has been shown to influence FeNO values. Therefore, these factors should always be assessed and their association with FeNO values in the specific study population should be evaluated and, eventually, controlled for. There is evidence consistently suggesting that FeNO is increased in infants with family history of atopy/atopic diseases and in infants with recurrent wheezing. These findings could support the hypothesis that eosinophilic bronchial inflammation is present at an early stage in those infants at increased risk of developing persistent respiratory symptoms and asthma. Furthermore, it has been shown that FeNO measurements could represent a useful tool to assess bronchial inflammation in other airways diseases, such as primary ciliary dyskinesia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and cystic fibrosis. Further studies are needed in order to improve the reproducibility of the measurements, and large prospective studies are warranted in order to evaluate whether FeNO values measured in the first years of life can predict the future development of asthma or other respiratory diseases.
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- Carmelo Gabriele
- Department of Pediatrics, Salesi Children's Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
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Eosinophilic airway inflammation and structural airway changes are present in school age asthmatics. When these changes occur, and their relationship, are controversial. Some structural airway changes, up-regulation of collagens 1 and 111, and increased distance between alveolar tethering points, may be antenatal, and independent of inflammation. We have established that there is no eosinophilic inflammation or reticular basement membrane thickening in wheezing infants median age one year; but by age three years, both are present. This accords with cohort studies, showing that children who become persistent wheezers have a drop in lung function in the pre-school years. Thereafter, lung function tracks into middle age, so the preschool years represent window during which an intervention might have long term benefit. Supportive are measurements in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, implicating the neutrophil as the key inflammatory cell in early wheeze. Models of the pathophysiology of asthma include (1) that eosinophilic inflammation is the primary event, and leads to remodelling as a secondary event, which itself results in progressive airflow obstruction (the least likely model); (2) eosinophilic inflammation is the primary event, but remodelling is protective, preventing worsening AHR. It should be noted that these first two are not mutually exclusive; rbm thickening may be protective, but other components of remodeling, for example increased ASM, may have adverse effects; (3) eosinophilic inflammation and airway remodelling are parallel processes, driven by some underlying 'asthma factor'; and (4) the primary abnormality is not airway inflammation, but some form of disordered airway repair.
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- Andrew Bush
- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
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- J Townshend
- Paediatric Respiratory Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
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- Paediatric Respiratory Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
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- Paediatric Respiratory Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Inflammatory mediators produced from activated mast cells and T helper type 2 cells drive allergic inflammation. The pathways required for mast and T helper type 2 cell activation and the effects of their products are being defined in order to identify new therapeutics. We focus on recent findings on the chief inducer of mast cell activation, the IgE receptor-signaling cascade, and the development of new inhibitors of this pathway. We also summarize work that examines the molecular mechanisms utilized by the interleukin IL-4/13 receptors and characterizes therapeutic compounds that target these pathways. RECENT FINDINGS The tyrosine kinases Lyn, Fyn and Syk have complex roles in IgE receptor signaling. Biochemical analysis and gene expression profiling have shed light on both the positive and negative functions of these proteins and establish additional connections with downstream pathways. Syk inhibitors were identified that may prove useful as antiinflammatory agents. Progress has been made in characterizing how IL-4/13 interact with their cognate receptors that will aid in the design of inhibitors of these interactions. SUMMARY Recent studies have advanced our understanding of how the IgE receptor and IL-4/13 receptors function. This new knowledge may lead to the development of novel and highly specific inhibitors of allergic inflammation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sejal Saglani
- Imperial School of Medicine at National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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Wassall HJ, Devenny AM, Daud Khan S, Ninan TK, Russell G. A comparison of virus-associated and multi-trigger wheeze in school children. J Asthma 2006; 42:737-44. [PMID: 16316867 DOI: 10.1080/02770900500306498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
To examine differences between virus-associated wheeze and wheeze associated with other triggers (multi-trigger wheeze) in elementary school children, we performed a cross-sectional school-based questionnaire study of 5,998 children mainly 7 to 12 years of age, with outliers 6 and 13 years of age. Using parent-completed questionnaires, we identified 522 children who wheezed only during upper respiratory tract infections (virus-associated wheeze), 1,186 children who wheezed on other occasions (multi-trigger wheeze), and 4,290 children with no wheeze. In comparison with children who had multi-trigger wheeze, children with virus-associated wheeze were more likely to be male, to be younger, and to have less frequent wheezy episodes. They were less likely to have night cough, shortness of breath or chest tightness, to have a personal or parental history of atopic disorders, to have a diagnosis of asthma, or to be receiving asthma treatment. Both types of wheeze were associated with social deprivation, a relationship that persisted after controlling for family smoking. Virus-associated wheeze is a common but diminishing problem in this age group, and the differences between virus-associated wheeze and multi-trigger wheeze already noted in pre-school children persist in this older age group.
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Affiliation(s)
- Heather J Wassall
- Department of Child Health, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK
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