NIH R01 · 2024
Control of Pulmonary Inflammation by Leukotriene E4
Abstract/Summary This application for continuing support focuses on the mechanisms by which the cysteinyl leukotrienes (cysLTs), a class of potent lipid inflammatory mediators, facilitate type 2 (eosinophilic) immunopathology (T2I) that underlies prevalent and burdensome respiratory diseases, including asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). The proposal tests the hypothesis that leukotriene E4 (LTE4) initiates respiratory T2I through engagement of the type 3 cysLT receptor (CysLT3R) and nucleotide signaling to P2Y2 receptors on brush cells (BrCs). A second hypothesis is that LTE4-induced BrC activation elicits activation of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) and…
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