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Pathophysiological mechanisms for the respiratory syncytial virus-reactive airway disease link
There is substantial epidemiological evidence supporting the concept that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection in infancy may be linked to the development of reactive airway disease (RAD) in childhood. However, much less is known concerning the mechanisms by which this...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1866371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12119054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/rr185 |
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description | There is substantial epidemiological evidence supporting the concept that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection in infancy may be linked to the development of reactive airway disease (RAD) in childhood. However, much less is known concerning the mechanisms by which this self-limiting infection leads to airway dysfunction that persists long after the virus is cleared from the lungs. A better understanding of the RSV–RAD link may have important clinical implications, particularly because prevention of RSV lower respiratory tract infection may reduce the occurrence of RAD later in life. Among the mechanisms proposed to explain the chronic sequelae of RSV infection is the interaction between the subepithelial neural network of the airway mucosa and the cellular effectors of inflammatory and immune responses to the virus. The body of clinical literature linking RSV and RAD is reviewed herein, as are the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuroimmune interactions and neural remodeling that may underlie this link, and the possibility that preventing the infection may result in a decreased incidence of its chronic sequelae. |
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spelling | pubmed-18663712007-05-11 Pathophysiological mechanisms for the respiratory syncytial virus-reactive airway disease link Piedimonte, Giovanni Respir Res Supplement There is substantial epidemiological evidence supporting the concept that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection in infancy may be linked to the development of reactive airway disease (RAD) in childhood. However, much less is known concerning the mechanisms by which this self-limiting infection leads to airway dysfunction that persists long after the virus is cleared from the lungs. A better understanding of the RSV–RAD link may have important clinical implications, particularly because prevention of RSV lower respiratory tract infection may reduce the occurrence of RAD later in life. Among the mechanisms proposed to explain the chronic sequelae of RSV infection is the interaction between the subepithelial neural network of the airway mucosa and the cellular effectors of inflammatory and immune responses to the virus. The body of clinical literature linking RSV and RAD is reviewed herein, as are the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuroimmune interactions and neural remodeling that may underlie this link, and the possibility that preventing the infection may result in a decreased incidence of its chronic sequelae. BioMed Central 2002 2002-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC1866371/ /pubmed/12119054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/rr185 Text en Copyright © 2002 Piedimonte; licensee BioMed Central Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Supplement Piedimonte, Giovanni Pathophysiological mechanisms for the respiratory syncytial virus-reactive airway disease link |
title | Pathophysiological mechanisms for the respiratory syncytial virus-reactive airway disease link |
title_full | Pathophysiological mechanisms for the respiratory syncytial virus-reactive airway disease link |
title_fullStr | Pathophysiological mechanisms for the respiratory syncytial virus-reactive airway disease link |
title_full_unstemmed | Pathophysiological mechanisms for the respiratory syncytial virus-reactive airway disease link |
title_short | Pathophysiological mechanisms for the respiratory syncytial virus-reactive airway disease link |
title_sort | pathophysiological mechanisms for the respiratory syncytial virus-reactive airway disease link |
topic | Supplement |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1866371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12119054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/rr185 |
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