Viral pneumonia is a major cause of mortality caused by both systemic and respiratory infections.The danger-associated molecular patterns(DAMPs)released during cell death in viral infection may cause a self-propagatin...Viral pneumonia is a major cause of mortality caused by both systemic and respiratory infections.The danger-associated molecular patterns(DAMPs)released during cell death in viral infection may cause a self-propagating inflammatory response with lasting lung damage.The CD24–Siglec 10/G interaction is an emerging immune checkpoint that regulates inflammation caused by DAMPs.1,2,3 While we have demonstrated that fortifying this immune checkpoint can reduce inflammation in the colon,4 joints5 and central nervous system,6 it is unclear whether CD24Fc can protect against pneumonia.To address this issue,we evaluated the lung pathology of simian immunodeficiency virus(SIV)-infected rhesus monkeys that received either normal saline(NS)or CD24Fc.展开更多
基金This work was supported in part by grants from the Key Scientific and Technological Program of China(2013ZX10001002-001,2014ZX10005-002,2017ZX10202102-001-005)OncoImmune,Inc.and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81601808,81671627,U1802284).
文摘Viral pneumonia is a major cause of mortality caused by both systemic and respiratory infections.The danger-associated molecular patterns(DAMPs)released during cell death in viral infection may cause a self-propagating inflammatory response with lasting lung damage.The CD24–Siglec 10/G interaction is an emerging immune checkpoint that regulates inflammation caused by DAMPs.1,2,3 While we have demonstrated that fortifying this immune checkpoint can reduce inflammation in the colon,4 joints5 and central nervous system,6 it is unclear whether CD24Fc can protect against pneumonia.To address this issue,we evaluated the lung pathology of simian immunodeficiency virus(SIV)-infected rhesus monkeys that received either normal saline(NS)or CD24Fc.
