Interferon Lambda Upregulates IDO1 Expression in Respiratory Epithelial Cells After Influenza Virus Infection

Lambda interferon is the predominant interferon induced by influenza A virus infection in vivo.

The type I alpha/beta interferons (IFN-α/β) are known to play an important role in host defense against influenza A virus infection, but we have now discovered that the recently identified type III IFNs (IFN-λ) constitute the major response to intranasal infection with this virus. Type III IFNs were present at much higher levels than type I IFNs in the lungs of infected mice, and the enhanced s...

Expression of RANTES by normal airway epithelial cells after influenza virus A infection.

The chemokine regulated on activation, normal T cells expressed and secreted (RANTES), is a C-C chemokine and a potent chemoattractant for monocytes, T lymphocytes, basophils, and eosinophils. Its expression by human airway epithelium has been demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo. We investigated whether RANTES is expressed by normal human airway epithelial cells after influenza viral infecti...

Diesel exhaust enhances influenza virus infections in respiratory epithelial cells.

Several factors, such as age and nutritional status, can affect the susceptibility to influenza infections. Moreover, exposure to air pollutants, such as diesel exhaust (DE), has been shown to affect respiratory virus infections in rodent models. Influenza virus primarily infects and replicates in respiratory epithelial cells, which are also a major targets for inhaled DE. Using in vitro models...

Alveolar Epithelial Cells Enhances Interferon Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection of Human

Respiratory syncytial virus infection of human respiratory epithelial cells enhances inducible nitric oxide synthase gene expression.

The induction kinetics of the mRNA of interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and proinflammatory cytokines in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-infected human type 2 alveolar epithelial cells (A549 cells) were analyzed semiquantitatively by RT-PCR. RSV enhanced IRF-1 and iNOS mRNA expression as early as 4 h after RSV infection and this enhancement lasted...