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The immunology of influenza virus-associated bacterial pneumonia.

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Robinson, Keven M, Kolls, Jay K, Alcorn, John F·2015·Current Opinion in Immunology

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Infection with influenza virus has been a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for more than a hundred years. Severe disease and increased mortality often results from bacterial super-infection of patients with influenza virus infection. Preceding influenza infection alters the host's innate and adaptive immune responses, allowing increased susceptibility to secondary bacterial pneumonia. Recent advances in the field have helped to define how influenza alters the immune response to bacteria through the dysregulation of phagocytes, antimicrobial peptides, and lymphocytes. Viral-induced interferons play a key role in altering the phenotype of the immune response. Potential genetic modifiers of disease will help to define additional immunologic mechanisms that predispose to viral, bacterial super-infection with the overarching goal of developing effective therapeutic strategies to prevent and treat disease.

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Authors
Robinson, K. M., Kolls, J. K., & Alcorn, J. F.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
Current Opinion in Immunology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-06
Volume
34
Pages
59-67
ISSN
0952-7915 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2088299538
Cited by
132
References
61
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Current Opinion in Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Parker B. Francis Fellowship (KMR)
  • NIH (R01 HL107380, R37 HL079142)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Respiratory viral infections research
Keywords
influenza virus, secondary bacterial infection, secondary bacterial pneumonia, immune dysregulation, phagocytes, antimicrobial peptides, lymphocytes, interferon, genetic susceptibility, host immune response
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Influenza, Human, Orthomyxoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae Infections, Phagocytes, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pneumonia, Bacterial

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