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  1. Article ; Online: Pulmonary immune profiling reveals common inflammatory endotypes of childhood wheeze and suppurative lung disease.

    Neeland, Melanie R / Gubbels, Liam / Wong, Anson Tsz Chun / Walker, Hannah / Ranganathan, Sarath C / Shanthikumar, Shivanthan

    Mucosal immunology

    2024  

    Abstract: Suppurative lung disease and wheezing are common respiratory diseases of childhood, however, due to poor understanding of underlying pathobiology, there are limited treatment options and disease recurrence is common. We aimed to profile the pulmonary and ...

    Abstract Suppurative lung disease and wheezing are common respiratory diseases of childhood, however, due to poor understanding of underlying pathobiology, there are limited treatment options and disease recurrence is common. We aimed to profile the pulmonary and systemic immune response in children with wheeze and chronic suppurative lung disease for identification of endotypes that can inform improved clinical management. We used clinical microbiology data, highly multiplexed flow cytometry and immunoassays to compare pulmonary [bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)] and systemic immunity in children with lung disease and controls. Unsupervised analytical approaches were applied to BAL immune data to explore biological endotypes. We identified two endotypes that were analogous in both frequency and immune signature across both respiratory diseases. The hyper-inflammatory endotype had a 12-fold increase in neutrophil infiltration and upregulation of 14 soluble signatures associated with type 2 inflammation and cell recruitment to tissue. The non-inflammatory endotype was not significantly different from controls. We showed these endotypes are measurable in a clinical setting and can be defined by measuring only three immune factors in BAL. We identified hyper-inflammatory and non-inflammatory endotypes common across pediatric wheeze and chronic suppurative lung disease that, if validated in future studies, have the potential to inform clinical management.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2411370-0
    ISSN 1935-3456 ; 1933-0219
    ISSN (online) 1935-3456
    ISSN 1933-0219
    DOI 10.1016/j.mucimm.2024.03.001
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  2. Article ; Online: Ivacaftor, not ivacaftor/lumacaftor, associated with lower pulmonary inflammation in preschool cystic fibrosis.

    Shanthikumar, Shivanthan / Ranganathan, Sarath / Neeland, Melanie R

    Pediatric pulmonology

    2022  Volume 57, Issue 10, Page(s) 2549–2552

    MeSH term(s) Aminophenols/therapeutic use ; Aminopyridines/therapeutic use ; Benzodioxoles/therapeutic use ; Child, Preschool ; Cystic Fibrosis/complications ; Cystic Fibrosis/drug therapy ; Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator/genetics ; Drug Combinations ; Humans ; Mutation ; Pneumonia ; Quinolones
    Chemical Substances Aminophenols ; Aminopyridines ; Benzodioxoles ; Drug Combinations ; Quinolones ; Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (126880-72-6) ; ivacaftor (1Y740ILL1Z) ; lumacaftor (EGP8L81APK)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 632784-9
    ISSN 1099-0496 ; 8755-6863
    ISSN (online) 1099-0496
    ISSN 8755-6863
    DOI 10.1002/ppul.26063
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  3. Article: Eosinophilia and wheeze: thinking beyond asthma.

    Kuek, Stephanie L / Pettman, Colin / Neeland, Melanie R / Harrison, Joanne / Mehr, Sam / Shanthikumar, Shivanthan / Beggs, Sean

    Breathe (Sheffield, England)

    2024  Volume 20, Issue 1, Page(s) 230126

    Abstract: Primary idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare condition that can cause end-organ damage in multiple systems. The advent of targeted monoclonal antibodies, such as mepolizumab, provides a safe and effective steroid-sparing treatment. ...

    Abstract Primary idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare condition that can cause end-organ damage in multiple systems. The advent of targeted monoclonal antibodies, such as mepolizumab, provides a safe and effective steroid-sparing treatment.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2562899-9
    ISSN 2073-4735 ; 1810-6838
    ISSN (online) 2073-4735
    ISSN 1810-6838
    DOI 10.1183/20734735.0126-2023
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  4. Article ; Online: Mapping Pulmonary and Systemic Inflammation in Preschool Aged Children With Cystic Fibrosis.

    Shanthikumar, Shivanthan / Ranganathan, Sarath C / Saffery, Richard / Neeland, Melanie R

    Frontiers in immunology

    2021  Volume 12, Page(s) 733217

    Abstract: The immune landscape of the paediatric respiratory system remains largely uncharacterised and as a result, the mechanisms of globally important childhood respiratory diseases remain poorly understood. In this work, we used high parameter flow cytometry ... ...

    Abstract The immune landscape of the paediatric respiratory system remains largely uncharacterised and as a result, the mechanisms of globally important childhood respiratory diseases remain poorly understood. In this work, we used high parameter flow cytometry and inflammatory cytokine profiling to map the local [bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)] and systemic (whole blood) immune response in preschool aged children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and aged-matched healthy controls. We demonstrate that children with CF show pulmonary infiltration of CD66b
    MeSH term(s) Biomarkers/blood ; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/immunology ; Case-Control Studies ; Cystic Fibrosis/diagnosis ; Cystic Fibrosis/immunology ; Cystic Fibrosis/metabolism ; Cytokines/blood ; Flow Cytometry ; Humans ; Immunophenotyping ; Inflammation/diagnosis ; Inflammation/immunology ; Inflammation/metabolism ; Inflammation Mediators/blood ; Leukocytes/immunology ; Leukocytes/metabolism ; Phenotype ; Pneumonia/diagnosis ; Pneumonia/immunology ; Pneumonia/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers ; Cytokines ; Inflammation Mediators
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-15
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2606827-8
    ISSN 1664-3224 ; 1664-3224
    ISSN (online) 1664-3224
    ISSN 1664-3224
    DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.733217
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  5. Article ; Online: DNA Methylation Profiles of Purified Cell Types in Bronchoalveolar Lavage: Applications for Mixed Cell Paediatric Pulmonary Studies.

    Shanthikumar, Shivanthan / Neeland, Melanie R / Saffery, Richard / Ranganathan, Sarath C / Oshlack, Alicia / Maksimovic, Jovana

    Frontiers in immunology

    2021  Volume 12, Page(s) 788705

    Abstract: In epigenome-wide association studies analysing DNA methylation from samples containing multiple cell types, it is essential to adjust the analysis for cell type composition. One well established strategy for achieving this is reference-based cell type ... ...

    Abstract In epigenome-wide association studies analysing DNA methylation from samples containing multiple cell types, it is essential to adjust the analysis for cell type composition. One well established strategy for achieving this is reference-based cell type deconvolution, which relies on knowledge of the DNA methylation profiles of purified constituent cell types. These are then used to estimate the cell type proportions of each sample, which can then be incorporated to adjust the association analysis. Bronchoalveolar lavage is commonly used to sample the lung in clinical practice and contains a mixture of different cell types that can vary in proportion across samples, affecting the overall methylation profile. A current barrier to the use of bronchoalveolar lavage in DNA methylation-based research is the lack of reference DNA methylation profiles for each of the constituent cell types, thus making reference-based cell composition estimation difficult. Herein, we use bronchoalveolar lavage samples collected from children with cystic fibrosis to define DNA methylation profiles for the four most common and clinically relevant cell types: alveolar macrophages, granulocytes, lymphocytes and alveolar epithelial cells. We then demonstrate the use of these methylation profiles in conjunction with an established reference-based methylation deconvolution method to estimate the cell type composition of two different tissue types; a publicly available dataset derived from artificial blood-based cell mixtures and further bronchoalveolar lavage samples. The reference DNA methylation profiles developed in this work can be used for future reference-based cell type composition estimation of bronchoalveolar lavage. This will facilitate the use of this tissue in studies examining the role of DNA methylation in lung health and disease.
    MeSH term(s) Alveolar Epithelial Cells/immunology ; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/cytology ; Bronchoscopy ; Cell Count ; Child, Preschool ; CpG Islands/genetics ; Cystic Fibrosis/diagnosis ; Cystic Fibrosis/genetics ; Cystic Fibrosis/immunology ; DNA Methylation/immunology ; Epigenomics/methods ; Female ; Flow Cytometry ; Granulocytes/immunology ; Humans ; Infant ; Lymphocytes/immunology ; Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology ; Male ; Reference Values
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-22
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Observational Study ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2606827-8
    ISSN 1664-3224 ; 1664-3224
    ISSN (online) 1664-3224
    ISSN 1664-3224
    DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.788705
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  6. Article ; Online: Single-Cell Flow Cytometry Profiling of BAL in Children.

    Shanthikumar, Shivanthan / Burton, Matthew / Saffery, Richard / Ranganathan, Sarath C / Neeland, Melanie R

    American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

    2020  Volume 63, Issue 2, Page(s) 152–159

    Abstract: Childhood pulmonary diseases not only cause childhood morbidity and mortality but also can cause long-term pulmonary impairment. The clinical management of many childhood pulmonary diseases is hampered by a limited understanding of the underlying ... ...

    Abstract Childhood pulmonary diseases not only cause childhood morbidity and mortality but also can cause long-term pulmonary impairment. The clinical management of many childhood pulmonary diseases is hampered by a limited understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. Flow cytometry, which can be used to phenotype individual cell populations or isolate cells for downstream analysis, represents a crucial technology that can help to elucidate the pathophysiology of these conditions. Here, we describe a flow cytometry-based method for purification and characterization of cell populations in BAL from children. This includes assessment of the effect of cryopreservation on cell phenotype and frequency, a knowledge gap recently identified by an American Thoracic Society report on flow cytometry in lung samples. To our knowledge, this is the first study to simultaneously quantify alveolar macrophages, T cells (CD4 and CD8), B cells, natural killer cells, dendritic cells, granulocytes, and monocytes (CD16
    MeSH term(s) Bronchoalveolar Lavage/methods ; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/immunology ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Flow Cytometry/methods ; Granulocytes/immunology ; Humans ; Infant ; Leukocyte Count/methods ; Lung/immunology ; Lung Diseases/immunology ; Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology ; Male ; Monocytes/immunology ; Single-Cell Analysis/methods ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1025960-0
    ISSN 1535-4989 ; 1044-1549
    ISSN (online) 1535-4989
    ISSN 1044-1549
    DOI 10.1165/rcmb.2019-0453MA
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  7. Article ; Online: Hyper-Inflammatory Monocyte Activation Following Endotoxin Exposure in Food Allergic Infants.

    Neeland, Melanie R / Novakovic, Boris / Dang, Thanh D / Perrett, Kirsten P / Koplin, Jennifer J / Saffery, Richard

    Frontiers in immunology

    2020  Volume 11, Page(s) 567981

    Abstract: Several recent studies have reported a key role for innate cell hyper-responsiveness in food allergy. This has predominantly been observed in early life, with evidence that innate immune function may return to baseline if food allergy resolves in later ... ...

    Abstract Several recent studies have reported a key role for innate cell hyper-responsiveness in food allergy. This has predominantly been observed in early life, with evidence that innate immune function may return to baseline if food allergy resolves in later childhood. Hallmarks of hyper-responsiveness include increased circulating frequency of monocytes and altered innate cell cytokine responses to
    MeSH term(s) Age Factors ; Allergens/immunology ; Biomarkers ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Cytokines/biosynthesis ; Disease Susceptibility ; Egg Hypersensitivity/diagnosis ; Egg Hypersensitivity/etiology ; Egg Hypersensitivity/metabolism ; Endotoxins/adverse effects ; Female ; Food Hypersensitivity/diagnosis ; Food Hypersensitivity/etiology ; Food Hypersensitivity/metabolism ; Humans ; Immunization ; Immunoglobulin E/immunology ; Immunophenotyping ; Infant ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism ; Male ; Monocytes/immunology ; Monocytes/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Allergens ; Biomarkers ; Cytokines ; Endotoxins ; Immunoglobulin E (37341-29-0)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-24
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2606827-8
    ISSN 1664-3224 ; 1664-3224
    ISSN (online) 1664-3224
    ISSN 1664-3224
    DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2020.567981
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  8. Article: DNA methylation biomarkers of future health outcomes in children.

    Shanthikumar, Shivanthan / Neeland, Melanie R / Maksimovic, Jovana / Ranganathan, Sarath C / Saffery, Richard

    Molecular and cellular pediatrics

    2020  Volume 7, Issue 1, Page(s) 7

    Abstract: Biomarkers which predict future health outcomes are key to the goals of precision health. Such biomarkers do not have to be involved in the causal pathway of a disease, and their performance is best assessed using statistical tests of clinical ... ...

    Abstract Biomarkers which predict future health outcomes are key to the goals of precision health. Such biomarkers do not have to be involved in the causal pathway of a disease, and their performance is best assessed using statistical tests of clinical performance and evaluation of net health impact. DNA methylation is the most commonly studied epigenetic process and represents a potential biomarker of future health outcomes. We review 25 studies in non-oncological paediatric conditions where DNA methylation biomarkers of future health outcomes are assessed. Whilst a number of positive findings have been described, the body of evidence is severely limited by issues with outcome measures, tissue-specific samples, accounting for sample cell type heterogeneity, lack of appropriate statistical testing, small effect sizes, limited validation, and no assessment of net health impact. Future studies should concentrate on careful study design to overcome these issues, and integration of DNA methylation data with other 'omic', clinical, and environmental data to generate the most clinically useful biomarkers of paediatric disease.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-09
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2785551-X
    ISSN 2194-7791
    ISSN 2194-7791
    DOI 10.1186/s40348-020-00099-0
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  9. Article ; Online: Primary Prevention of Food Allergy.

    Peters, Rachel L / Neeland, Melanie R / Allen, Katrina J

    Current allergy and asthma reports

    2017  Volume 17, Issue 8, Page(s) 52

    Abstract: Purpose of review: This article summarises recent developments on the prevention of food allergy in terms of the 5 D's of the development of food allergy: dry skin, diet, dogs, dribble, and vitamin D.: Recent findings: While several advances have ... ...

    Abstract Purpose of review: This article summarises recent developments on the prevention of food allergy in terms of the 5 D's of the development of food allergy: dry skin, diet, dogs, dribble, and vitamin D.
    Recent findings: While several advances have improved our understanding of the development of food allergy, few preventive strategies have been implemented beyond changes in infant feeding guidelines. These now state that the introduction of allergenic solids such as peanuts should occur in the first year of life. Results from randomised controlled trials on other allergenic solids, vitamin D supplementation, BCG immunisation at birth and eczema prevention are eagerly anticipated in order to inform further preventative strategies.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2057370-4
    ISSN 1534-6315 ; 1529-7322
    ISSN (online) 1534-6315
    ISSN 1529-7322
    DOI 10.1007/s11882-017-0718-x
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  10. Article ; Online: Altered immune cell profiles and impaired CD4 T-cell activation in single and multi-food allergic adolescents.

    Neeland, Melanie R / Andorf, Sandra / Dang, Thanh D / McWilliam, Vicki L / Perrett, Kirsten P / Koplin, Jennifer J / Saffery, Richard

    Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology

    2021  Volume 51, Issue 5, Page(s) 674–684

    Abstract: Background: Approximately 5% of adolescents have a food allergy, with peanut and tree nut allergies the most common. Having two or more food allergies in adolescence also doubles the risk of any adverse food reaction, and is associated with increased ... ...

    Abstract Background: Approximately 5% of adolescents have a food allergy, with peanut and tree nut allergies the most common. Having two or more food allergies in adolescence also doubles the risk of any adverse food reaction, and is associated with increased dietary and social burden. Investigations of immune function in persistently food allergic children are rare.
    Objective: In the present study, we aimed to investigate the immune mechanisms that underlie food allergy in adolescence.
    Methods: We used high-dimensional flow cytometry, unsupervised computational analysis and functional studies to comprehensively phenotype a range of non-antigen-specific immune parameters in a group of well-characterized adolescents with clinically defined single peanut allergy, multi-food allergy and aged-matched non-food allergic controls.
    Results: We show that food allergic adolescents have higher circulating proportions of dendritic cells (p = .0084, FDR-adjusted p = .087, median in no FA: 0.63% live cells, in FA: 0.93%), and higher frequency of activated, memory-like Tregs relative to non-food allergic adolescents (p = .011, FDR-adjusted p = .087, median in no FA: 0.49% live cells, in FA: 0.65%). Cytokine profiling revealed that CD3/CD28 stimulated naïve CD4 T cells from food allergic adolescents produced less IL-6 (p = .0020, FDR-adjusted p = .018, median log2 fold change [stimulated/unstimulated] in no FA: 3.03, in FA: 1.92) and TNFα (p = .0044, FDR-adjusted p = .020, median in no FA: 9.16, in FA: 8.64) and may secrete less IFNγ (p = .035, FDR-adjusted p = .11, median in no FA: 6.29, in FA: 5.67) than naïve CD4 T cells from non-food allergic controls. No differences between clinical groups were observed for LPS-stimulated monocyte secretion of cytokines.
    Conclusions: These results have important implications for understanding the evolution of the immune response in food allergy throughout childhood, revealing that dendritic cell and T-cell signatures previously identified in early life may persist through to adolescence.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Case-Control Studies ; Child ; Cluster Analysis ; Cytokines/immunology ; Egg Hypersensitivity/complications ; Egg Hypersensitivity/immunology ; Female ; Food Hypersensitivity/classification ; Food Hypersensitivity/immunology ; Humans ; Immunophenotyping ; Interferon-gamma/immunology ; Interleukin-6/immunology ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology ; Male ; Nut Hypersensitivity/complications ; Nut Hypersensitivity/immunology ; Peanut Hypersensitivity/complications ; Peanut Hypersensitivity/immunology ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/immunology
    Chemical Substances Cytokines ; IFNG protein, human ; IL6 protein, human ; Interleukin-6 ; TNF protein, human ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; Interferon-gamma (82115-62-6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 645204-8
    ISSN 1365-2222 ; 0954-7894 ; 0960-2178
    ISSN (online) 1365-2222
    ISSN 0954-7894 ; 0960-2178
    DOI 10.1111/cea.13857
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