Selected article for: "airway infection and bronchoalveolar lavage"

Author: Pandolfi, Laura; Bozzini, Sara; Frangipane, Vanessa; Percivalle, Elena; De Luigi, Ada; Violatto, Martina Bruna; Lopez, Gianluca; Gabanti, Elisa; Carsana, Luca; D’Amato, Maura; Morosini, Monica; De Amici, Mara; Nebuloni, Manuela; Fossali, Tommaso; Colombo, Riccardo; Saracino, Laura; Codullo, Veronica; Gnecchi, Massimiliano; Bigini, Paolo; Baldanti, Fausto; Lilleri, Daniele; Meloni, Federica
Title: Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Induce the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition: Implications in Post-COVID-19 Fibrosis
  • Cord-id: b8i1dg5q
  • Document date: 2021_6_14
  • ID: b8i1dg5q
    Snippet: The release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), a process termed NETosis, avoids pathogen spread but may cause tissue injury. NETs have been found in severe COVID-19 patients, but their role in disease development is still unknown. The aim of this study is to assess the capacity of NETs to drive epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of lung epithelial cells and to analyze the involvement of NETs in COVID-19. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of severe COVID-19 patients showed high concentrati
    Document: The release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), a process termed NETosis, avoids pathogen spread but may cause tissue injury. NETs have been found in severe COVID-19 patients, but their role in disease development is still unknown. The aim of this study is to assess the capacity of NETs to drive epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of lung epithelial cells and to analyze the involvement of NETs in COVID-19. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of severe COVID-19 patients showed high concentration of NETs that correlates with neutrophils count; moreover, the analysis of lung tissues of COVID-19 deceased patients showed a subset of alveolar reactive pneumocytes with a co-expression of epithelial marker and a mesenchymal marker, confirming the induction of EMT mechanism after severe SARS-CoV2 infection. By airway in vitro models, cultivating A549 or 16HBE at air-liquid interface, adding alveolar macrophages (AM), neutrophils and SARS-CoV2, we demonstrated that to trigger a complete EMT expression pattern are necessary the induction of NETosis by SARS-CoV2 and the secretion of AM factors (TGF-β, IL8 and IL1β). All our results highlight the possible mechanism that can induce lung fibrosis after SARS-CoV2 infection.

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