2016
Early local immune defences in the respiratory tract
Iwasaki A, Foxman EF, Molony RD. Early local immune defences in the respiratory tract. Nature Reviews Immunology 2016, 17: 7-20. PMID: 27890913, PMCID: PMC5480291, DOI: 10.1038/nri.2016.117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory tractImmune responseDendritic cellsType 2 immune responsesType 1 immune responsePlasmacytoid dendritic cellsEpithelial cellsTissue-resident lymphocytesLower respiratory tractType of infectionUpper respiratory tractAirway epithelial cellsLocal immune defensePattern recognition receptorsAntimicrobial host defenseLymphoid cell typesCell typesRespiratory infectionsEffector cellsSecrete cytokinesAllergen resultsInnate sensorsMast cellsAirway cellsPathological inflammation
2015
Temperature-dependent innate defense against the common cold virus limits viral replication at warm temperature in mouse airway cells
Foxman EF, Storer JA, Fitzgerald ME, Wasik BR, Hou L, Zhao H, Turner PE, Pyle AM, Iwasaki A. Temperature-dependent innate defense against the common cold virus limits viral replication at warm temperature in mouse airway cells. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 827-832. PMID: 25561542, PMCID: PMC4311828, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411030112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAirway cellsCommon cold virusViral replicationIFN inductionRecombinant type I IFNMouse airway epithelial cellsCold virusAirway epithelial cellsInduction of ISGsType I IFNPrimary airway cellsCore body temperatureType IAntiviral defense responseLike receptorsI IFNNasal cavityMAVS proteinHuman rhinovirusSustained increaseInnate defensePoly IGenetic deficiencyRobust inductionRhinovirus