• Thorax · Jul 2017

    Differential lower airway dendritic cell patterns may reveal distinct endotypes of RSV bronchiolitis.

    • Aoife Kerrin, Paul Fitch, Claire Errington, Dennis Kerr, Liz Waxman, Kay Riding, Jon McCormack, Felicity Mehendele, Henry McSorley, Karen MacKenzie, Sabine Wronski, Armin Braun, Richard Levin, Ulf Theilen, and Jürgen Schwarze.
    • MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
    • Thorax. 2017 Jul 1; 72 (7): 620-627.

    RationaleThe pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis in infants remains poorly understood. Mouse models implicate pulmonary T cells in the development of RSV disease. T cell responses are initiated by dendritic cells (DCs), which accumulate in lungs of RSV-infected mice. In infants with RSV bronchiolitis, previous reports have shown that DCs are mobilised to the nasal mucosa, but data on lower airway DC responses are lacking.ObjectiveTo determine the presence and phenotype of DCs and associated immune cells in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and peripheral blood samples from infants with RSV bronchiolitis.MethodsInfants intubated and ventilated due to severe RSV bronchiolitis or for planned surgery (controls with healthy lungs) underwent non-bronchoscopic BAL. Immune cells in BAL and blood samples were characterised by flow cytometry and cytokines measured by Human V-Plex Pro-inflammatory Panel 1 MSD kit.Measurements And Main ResultsIn RSV cases, BAL conventional DCs (cDCs), NK T cells, NK cells and pro-inflammatory cytokines accumulated, plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) and T cells were present, and blood cDCs increased activation marker expression. When stratifying RSV cases by risk group, preterm and older (≥4 months) infants had fewer BAL pDCs than term born and younger (<4 months) infants, respectively.ConclusionscDCs accumulate in the lower airways during RSV bronchiolitis, are activated systemically and may, through activation of T cells, NK T cells and NK cells, contribute to RSV-induced inflammation and disease. In addition, the small population of airway pDCs in preterm and older infants may reveal a distinct endotype of RSV bronchiolitis with weak antiviral pDC responses.Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/.

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