Impaired phagocytosis of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae by human alveolar macrophages in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Impaired phagocytosis of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae by human alveolar macrophages in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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DOI:
10.1086/508428
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发表时间:
2006-11-15
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Sethi, Sanjay
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作者:
Berenson, Charles S.;Garlipp, Mary Alice;Sethi, Sanjay
Background. Interactions of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) with human alveolar macrophages are implicated in the persistence of NTHI in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the immunologic mechanisms that mediate NTHI-induced macrophage responses are poorly understood. We hypothesized that immunologic responses of alveolar macrophages to NTHI are impaired in COPD.Methods. Blood and alveolar macrophages - obtained from ex-smokers with COPD (n=14), ex-smokers without COPD (n=15), and nonsmokers (n=9) - were incubated with 3 distinct NTHI strains obtained from patients with COPD. Phagocytosis of H-3-NTHI, expressed as a percentage of the mean total radioactivity, and of intracellular viability, assessed as a percentage of viable cell-associated NTHI, were measured.Results. Alveolar macrophages from donors with COPD, compared with those from donors without COPD, had impaired phagocytosis (median [interquartile range]) for each NTHI strain: 14P13H5, 0.26 (0.08-0.61) versus 1.36 (0.69-1.95); 6P5H1, 0.92 (0.32-1.82) versus 1.90 (1.32-2.68); and 14P14H1, 0.79 (0.23-1.32) versus 2.13 (1.13-2.40) (P