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1. Sex Plays a Multifaceted Role in Asthma Pathogenesis

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Tomomitsu Miyasaka, Kaori Dobashi-Okuyama, Kaori Kawakami, Chiaki Masuda-Suzuki, Motoaki Takayanagi, and Isao Ohno

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bronchial asthma, sex, airway epithelial cells, dendritic cells, cluster of differentiation 8+ T cells, estradiol, Microbiology, QR1-502
Abstract

Sex is considered an important risk factor for asthma onset and exacerbation. The prevalence of asthma is higher in boys than in girls during childhood, which shows a reverse trend after puberty—it becomes higher in adult females than in adult males. In addition, asthma severity, characterized by the rate of hospitalization and relapse after discharge from the emergency department, is higher in female patients. Basic research indicates that female sex hormones enhance type 2 adaptive immune responses, and male sex hormones negatively regulate type 2 innate immune responses. However, whether hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women increases the risk of current asthma and asthma onset remains controversial in clinical settings. Recently, sex has also been shown to influence the pathophysiology of asthma in its relationship with genetic or other environmental factors, which modulate asthmatic immune responses in the airway mucosa. In this narrative review, we highlight the role of sex in the continuity of the asthmatic immune response from sensing allergens to Th2 cell activation based on our own data. In addition, we elucidate the interactive role of sex with genetic or environmental factors in asthma exacerbation in women.

Published
2022
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2. Altered Immune Regulation of Dendritic Cells and Enhanced Cytokine Production of T Cells in the Pathogenesis of Eosinophilic Chronic Rhinosinusitis

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Nobuo Ohta, Chiaki Masuda-Suzuki, Tomoko Takahashi, Isao Ohno, Kaori Kawakami, Yutaka Nakamura, Yusuke Kusano, Tomomitsu Miyasaka, Shiori Kitaya, Yutaka Tateda, Tasuku Kawano, Motoaki Takayanagi, Tomohiro Arikawa, and Fumi Shoji

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Myeloid, medicine.medical_treatment, T-Lymphocytes, Immunology, Immunophenotyping, Pathogenesis, Immune system, Nasal Polyps, Eosinophilic, Eosinophilia, medicine, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Nasal polyps, Sinusitis, Rhinitis, Chemistry, FOXP3, General Medicine, medicine.disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cytokine, Case-Control Studies, Chronic Disease, Cytokines, CD8, Biomarkers
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Introduction: Eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) is a refractory chronic disease defined by recurrent nasal polyps with severe eosinophilic infiltration. This is mainly due to enhanced type 2-dominant immune responses, but the underlying mechanism is still not fully understood. Objective and Methods: In the present study, we aimed to determine the characteristics of dendritic cells (DCs) and cytokine profiles of T cells in the peripheral blood of individuals with ECRS and age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC). Results and Conclusion: The ratios of myeloid (m)DC1s to DCs and PD-L1+ mDC1s to mDC1s were higher in ECRS patients than in HC. The proportions of plasmacytoid (p)DCs in DCs, and human leukocyte antigen-DR+ pDCs and ILT3+ pDCs in pDCs were lower in ECRS patients than in HC. In a characterization of T cells, IL-4+CD4+, IFN-γ+CD4+, IL-4+IFN-γ+CD4+, IL-4+Foxp3+CD4+, IFN-γ+Foxp3+CD4+, IFN-γ+IL-4−Foxp3−CD4+, IL-4+CD8+, IL-4+IFN-γ+CD8+, and IL-4+Foxp3+CD8+ T-cell populations were significantly higher in ECRS patients than in HC. These results suggest that the enhanced immune regulation of mDC1, diminished capacity of pDCs, and increased proportion of the T-cell phenotypes in peripheral blood might be factors in ECRS pathogenesis.

Published
2020

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