Ichise, Hiroshi;
Speranza, Emily;
La Russa, Federica;
Veres, Tibor Z;
Chu, Colin J;
Gola, Anita;
Clark, Beatrice H;
(2025)
Rebalancing viral and immune damage versus repair prevents death from lethal influenza infection.
Science
, 390
(6775)
, Article eadr4635. 10.1126/science.adr4635.
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Abstract
Maintaining tissue function while eliminating infected cells is fundamental, and inflammatory damage plays a major contribution to lethality after lung infection. We tested 50 immunomodulatory regimes to determine their ability to protect mice from lethal infection. Only neutrophil depletion soon after infection prevented death from influenza. This result suggests that the infected host passed an early tipping point after which limiting innate damage alone could not rescue lung function. We investigated treatments that could have efficacy when administered later in infection. We found that partial limitation of viral spread together with enhancement of epithelial repair, by interferon blockade or limiting CD8+ T cell–mediated killing of epithelial cells, reduced lethality. This finding highlights the importance of rebalancing repair and damage processes in the survival of pulmonary infections.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Rebalancing viral and immune damage versus repair prevents death from lethal influenza infection |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.adr4635 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr4635 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Animals, Female, Mice, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Epithelial Cells, Immunity, Innate, Interferons, Lung, Lymphocyte Depletion, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neutrophils, Orthomyxoviridae Infections, Pneumonia, Viral, Oseltamivir, Antiviral Agents, Enzyme Inhibitors, Immunomodulating Agents, Adaptive Immunity, Immunomodulation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10218744 |
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