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  1. Article ; Online: Viral vaccines and CTL response.

    Woolard, Stacie N / Kumaraguru, Uday

    Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology

    2010  Volume 2010, Page(s) 141657

    Abstract: Immune induction by successful vaccine formulations seems to involve stimulation of both humoral and cellular arms of immunity. Nevertheless, CD8+ CTLs are of critical relevance in the context of intracellular infection and tumor for many reasons. The ... ...

    Abstract Immune induction by successful vaccine formulations seems to involve stimulation of both humoral and cellular arms of immunity. Nevertheless, CD8+ CTLs are of critical relevance in the context of intracellular infection and tumor for many reasons. The task of exerting antipathogen activity by CD8+ T cells, which principally function to control and eradicate intracellular pathogens, is enabled by constitutive expression of MHC class-I molecules on all tissue types. CTL induction offers hope for vaccines against pathogens that are resistant to neutralizing activity. This review discusses the mechanism of immune induction by some successful vaccines and based on the accrued evidence suggests ideas for improved design of CTL-inducing vaccines.
    MeSH term(s) Acute Disease ; Animals ; B-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Lymphocyte Activation/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology ; Viral Vaccines/immunology
    Chemical Substances Viral Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-03-31
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2052552-7
    ISSN 1110-7251 ; 1110-7243
    ISSN (online) 1110-7251
    ISSN 1110-7243
    DOI 10.1155/2010/141657
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  2. Article ; Online: Viral Vaccines and CTL Response

    Stacie N. Woolard / Uday Kumaraguru

    Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Vol

    2010  Volume 2010

    Abstract: Immune induction by successful vaccine formulations seems to involve stimulation of both humoral and cellular arms of immunity. Nevertheless, CD8+ CTLs are of critical relevance in the context of intracellular infection and tumor for many reasons. The ... ...

    Abstract Immune induction by successful vaccine formulations seems to involve stimulation of both humoral and cellular arms of immunity. Nevertheless, CD8+ CTLs are of critical relevance in the context of intracellular infection and tumor for many reasons. The task of exerting antipathogen activity by CD8+ T cells, which principally function to control and eradicate intracellular pathogens, is enabled by constitutive expression of MHC class-I molecules on all tissue types. CTL induction offers hope for vaccines against pathogens that are resistant to neutralizing activity. This review discusses the mechanism of immune induction by some successful vaccines and based on the accrued evidence suggests ideas for improved design of CTL-inducing vaccines.
    Keywords Biotechnology ; TP248.13-248.65 ; Medicine ; R
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Hindawi Limited
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: Macrophage CD14 impacts immune defenses against influenza virus in allergic hosts.

    Palipane, Maneesha / Snyder, John D / LeMessurier, Kim S / Schofield, Anna K / Woolard, Stacie N / Samarasinghe, Amali E

    Microbial pathogenesis

    2018  Volume 127, Page(s) 212–219

    Abstract: Asthma and influenza are leading causes of worldwide morbidity and mortality. Although these two conditions can co-exist in the same patient, the immune parameters that impact disease outcomes are not fully elucidated. The importance of macrophages to ... ...

    Abstract Asthma and influenza are leading causes of worldwide morbidity and mortality. Although these two conditions can co-exist in the same patient, the immune parameters that impact disease outcomes are not fully elucidated. The importance of macrophages to both conditions suggested a role for CD14, a co-receptor for endotoxin, as a regulatory mechanism for innate immune responses during asthma and influenza co-morbidity. Herein, we hypothesized that parameters of influenza morbidity will be reduced in the absence of CD14. Age and gender matched wild-type (WT) and CD14 knock-out (KO) mice were subjected to our validated model of Aspergillus-induced model of asthma and/or influenza. Characteristics of disease pathogenesis were investigated using standard methods in weight loss, flow cytometry, airway resistance, histology, quantitative real-time PCR, and viral titer quantification. The absence of CD14 did not have an impact on morbidity as these mice were equally susceptible to disease with similar airway resistance. Peribronchovascular inflammation and goblet cell content were equivalent between WT and KO mice in asthma alone and asthma and influenza co-morbidity. Co-morbid KO mice had less lymphocytes and eosinophils in the airways although their lung viral burden was equivalent to WT. Inflammatory gene signatures were altered in co-morbid mice in each genotype. CD14 expression on macrophages is necessary for airway inflammation but not for viral pathogenesis in allergic hosts.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Asthma/pathology ; Body Weight ; Disease Models, Animal ; Flow Cytometry ; Histocytochemistry ; Lipopolysaccharide Receptors/metabolism ; Macrophages/immunology ; Macrophages/virology ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Orthomyxoviridae/immunology ; Orthomyxoviridae Infections/pathology ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Viral Load
    Chemical Substances Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-12-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 632772-2
    ISSN 1096-1208 ; 0882-4010
    ISSN (online) 1096-1208
    ISSN 0882-4010
    DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.12.008
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  4. Article ; Online: The immune profile associated with acute allergic asthma accelerates clearance of influenza virus.

    Samarasinghe, Amali E / Woolard, Stacie N / Boyd, Kelli L / Hoselton, Scott A / Schuh, Jane M / McCullers, Jonathan A

    Immunology and cell biology

    2014  Volume 92, Issue 5, Page(s) 449–459

    Abstract: Asthma was the most common comorbidity in hospitalized patients during the 2009 influenza pandemic. For unknown reasons, hospitalized asthmatics had less severe outcomes and were less likely to die from pandemic influenza. Our data with primary human ... ...

    Abstract Asthma was the most common comorbidity in hospitalized patients during the 2009 influenza pandemic. For unknown reasons, hospitalized asthmatics had less severe outcomes and were less likely to die from pandemic influenza. Our data with primary human bronchial cells indicate that changes intrinsic to epithelial cells in asthma may protect against cytopathology induced by influenza virus. To further study influenza virus pathogenesis in allergic hosts, we aimed to develop and characterize murine models of asthma and influenza comorbidity to determine structural, physiological and immunological changes induced by influenza in the context of asthma. Aspergillus fumigatus-sensitized and -challenged C57BL/6 mice were infected with pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, either during peak allergic inflammation or during airway remodeling to gain insight into disease pathogenesis. Mice infected with the influenza virus during peak allergic inflammation did not lose body weight and cleared the virus rapidly. These mice exhibited high eosinophilia, preserved airway epithelial cell integrity, increased mucus, reduced interferon response and increased insulin-like growth factor-1. In contrast, weight loss and viral replication kinetics in the mice that were infected during the late airway remodeling phase were equivalent to flu-only controls. These mice had neutrophils in the airways, damaged airway epithelial cells, less mucus production, increased interferons and decreased insulin-like growth factor-1. The state of the allergic airways at the time of influenza virus infection alters host responses against the virus. These murine models of asthma and influenza comorbidity may improve our understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of viral infections in humans with asthma.
    MeSH term(s) Acute Disease ; Animals ; Asthma/immunology ; Chronic Disease ; Disease Models, Animal ; Female ; Host-Pathogen Interactions/immunology ; Humans ; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype/immunology ; Influenza, Human/immunology ; Influenza, Human/pathology ; Influenza, Human/virology ; Interferons/metabolism ; Mice ; Orthomyxoviridae Infections/immunology ; Orthomyxoviridae Infections/pathology ; Orthomyxoviridae Infections/virology ; Respiratory Mucosa/immunology ; Respiratory Mucosa/pathology ; Respiratory Mucosa/virology
    Chemical Substances Interferons (9008-11-1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-01-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 284057-1
    ISSN 1440-1711 ; 0818-9641
    ISSN (online) 1440-1711
    ISSN 0818-9641
    DOI 10.1038/icb.2013.113
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  5. Article ; Online: Natural killer cells as novel helpers in anti-herpes simplex virus immune response.

    Nandakumar, Subhadra / Woolard, Stacie N / Yuan, Dorothy / Rouse, Barry T / Kumaraguru, Uday

    Journal of virology

    2008  Volume 82, Issue 21, Page(s) 10820–10831

    Abstract: Innate defenses help to eliminate infection, but some of them also play a major role in shaping the magnitude and efficacy of the adaptive immune response. With regard to influencing subsequent adaptive immunity, NK cells aided by dendritic cells may be ... ...

    Abstract Innate defenses help to eliminate infection, but some of them also play a major role in shaping the magnitude and efficacy of the adaptive immune response. With regard to influencing subsequent adaptive immunity, NK cells aided by dendritic cells may be the most relevant components of the innate reaction to herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. We confirm that mice lacking or depleted of NK cells are susceptible to HSV-induced lesions. The quantity and quality of CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes generated in the absence of NK cells were diminished, thereby contributing to susceptibility to HSV-induced encephalitis. We demonstrate a novel helper role for NK cells, in that NK cells compensate for the loss of CD4 helper T cells and NK cell supplementation enhances the function of wild type anti-HSV CD8 T cells. In addition, NK cells were able to partially rescue the dysfunctional CD8(+) T cells generated in the absence of CD4 T helper cells, thereby performing a novel rescue function. Hence, NK cells may well be exploited for enhancing and rescuing the T-cell response in situations where the CD4 helper response is affected.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Cell Line ; Chlorocebus aethiops ; Encephalitis, Viral/immunology ; Herpesvirus 1, Human/immunology ; Killer Cells, Natural/immunology ; Leukocyte Reduction Procedures ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Knockout ; T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-08-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 80174-4
    ISSN 1098-5514 ; 0022-538X
    ISSN (online) 1098-5514
    ISSN 0022-538X
    DOI 10.1128/JVI.00365-08
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