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Early-life heterologous rhinovirus infections induce an exaggerated asthma-like phenotype.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2020
Rajput Charu, Han Mingyuan, Ishikawa Tomoko, Lei Jing, Jazaeri Seyedehzarifeh, Bentley J Kelley, Hershenson Marc B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Early-life wheezing-associated respiratory tract infection by rhinovirus (RV) is a risk factor for asthma development. Infants are infected with many different RV strains per year. OBJECTIVE: We previously showed that RV infection of 6-day-old BALB/c mice induces a mucous metaplasia phenotype that is dependent on type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s). We hypothesized that early-life RV infection alters...
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