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Isolation and In Vitro Culture of Murine and Human Alveolar Macrophages
Published on: April 20, 2018
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巡回する大胞菌 は 免疫 システム から バクテリア を 隠し て ホメオスタシス を 維持 する
Arpan Sharma Neupane1, Michelle Willson1, Andrew Krzysztof Chojnacki2
1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Calvin, Phoebe, and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada.
Cell
|September 5, 2020
まとめ
アルベオラマクロファージ (AMs) は肺内で活発に移動し,吸入した細菌を効率的に除去します. この動きを妨害すると 有害な炎症になり 二次感染の危険性が高まります
科学分野:
- 免疫学
- 肺の生物学
- 微生物学
背景:
- 人間は毎日大量の空気を吸い込み 肺の肺膜を 病原菌に曝します
- アルベオラマクロファージ (AMs) はアルベオラよりも数多く,その保護的役割について疑問を投げかけます.
- 効果的なマクロファージの防御がなければ 慢性的な炎症を引き起こす可能性があります
研究 の 目的:
- アルベオラマクロファージ (AMs) の体内行動と病原体除去能力を調査する.
- 肺免疫におけるAM運動と化学反応の役割を決定する.
- ウイルス感染がAM機能と二次細菌感染にどのように影響するかを調べる.
主な方法:
- 肺膜のリアルタイムの in vivo 静脈内画像技術の開発
- 細菌の爬行やファゴサイトーシスを含むAMの行動の観察
- AM化学反応の実験操作と,その結果生じる炎症反応の評価
- インフルエンザAウイルスの感染をモデル化して,AMと二次感染への影響を研究する.
主要な成果:
- 毛細血管を動かすために 孔を使います
- AMは効率的に感知し,キモタクスを向けて,吸入されたバクテリア (例えば,P. aeruginosa,S. aureus) をファゴシトーズします.
- AM化学反応の障害は,中性粒子の過剰な増殖に起因し,炎症や損傷を引き起こします.
- インフルエンザAウイルスの感染は,II型インターフェロンの信号伝達を介してAMのクローリングを阻害し,二次細菌の共感染を増加させます.
結論:
- AMは動的で移動性のある免疫細胞で 細菌の病原体に対する肺防御に不可欠です
- 不適切な炎症を予防し,肺ホメオスタシスを維持するために,AM運動性と化学反応は不可欠です.
- ウイルスの感染はAM機能を損ない,二次細菌感染の感受性を高めます.
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