Hypoxia and sterile inflammation in cystic fibrosis airways: mechanisms and potential therapies

Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common autosomal recessive genetic diseases in Caucasian populations. Diagnosis via newborn screening and targeted nutritional and antibiotic therapy have improved outcomes, however respiratory failure remains the key cause of morbidity and mortality. Progressive r...

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Main Authors: Montgomery, Samuel T. (Author) , Mall, Marcus A. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: January 4, 2017
In: The European respiratory journal
Year: 2017, Volume: 49, Issue: 1
ISSN:1399-3003
DOI:10.1183/13993003.00903-2016
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00903-2016
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/49/1/1600903
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Author Notes:Samuel T. Montgomery, Marcus A. Mall, Anthony Kicic, Stephen M. Stick
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Summary:Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common autosomal recessive genetic diseases in Caucasian populations. Diagnosis via newborn screening and targeted nutritional and antibiotic therapy have improved outcomes, however respiratory failure remains the key cause of morbidity and mortality. Progressive respiratory disease in cystic fibrosis is characterised by chronic neutrophilic airway inflammation associated with structural airway damage leading to bronchiectasis and decreased lung function. Mucus obstruction is a characteristic early abnormality in the cystic fibrosis airway, associated with neutrophilic inflammation often in the absence of detectable infection. Recent studies have suggested a link between hypoxic cell death and sterile neutrophilic inflammation in cystic fibrosis and other diseases via the IL-1 signalling pathway. In this review, we consider recent evidence regarding the cellular responses to respiratory hypoxia as a potential driver of sterile neutrophilic inflammation in the lung, current knowledge on hypoxia as a pathogenic mechanism in cystic fibrosis and the potential for current and future therapies to alleviate hypoxia-driven sterile inflammation. Hypoxia and sterile inflammation is characteristic in cystic fibrosis airways leading to lung damage in early life http://ow.ly/NnHf304acAZ
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ISSN:1399-3003
DOI:10.1183/13993003.00903-2016