Project description:The avian influenza A(H7N9) virus has caused high mortality in humans, especially in the elderly; however, little is known about the mechanistic basis for this. In this study, we employed non-human primates to evaluate the effect of aging on the pathogenicity of A(H7N9) virus. We observed that A(H7N9) virus infection of aged animals (defined as 20–26 years) caused more severe symptoms than infection of young animals (defined as 2 3 years). In aged animals, lung inflammation was weak and virus infection was sustained. Although cytokine and chemokine expression in the lungs of most aged animals was lower than that in the lungs of young animals, one aged animal showed dysregulated proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine production, resulting in it being euthanized. These results suggest that attenuated or dysregulated immune responses in aged animals are responsible for the severe symptoms observed among elderly patients infected with A(H7N9) virus.
Project description:The objective of this study is to characterize the response to newly emerged, highly pathogenic H7N9 influenza virus isolated from human patients in 2013 in China. This study examines the pathogenesis of H7N9 influenza in cynomolgus macaques. The study compares lung lesions to adjacent right lower lobe lung tissue in animals necropsied at days 3 and 6 post-infection (n=4 animals/timepoint). 3-4 lesions from each animal were collected and equal amounts of pooled RNA from lesions from individual animals at each time point were used for microarray.
Project description:The objective of this study is to characterize the response to newly emerged, highly pathogenic H7N9 influenza virus isolated from human patients in 2013 in China. This study examines the pathogenesis of H7N9 influenza in cynomolgus macaques. The study compares lung lesions to adjacent right lower lobe lung tissue in animals necropsied at days 3 and 6 post-infection (n=4 animals/timepoint). 3-4 lesions from each animal were collected and equal amounts of pooled RNA from lesions from individual animals at each time point were used for microarray. 8 cynomolgus macaques were infected via oral, intraocular, intranasal, and intratracheal administration of a combined total of 7x10^6 TCID50. Lungs, lung lesions, and trachea samples were collected from serial sacrifices of 4 animals each at day 3 and day 6. Infection produced a moderate-severe, self-limiting respiratory infection, and was not lethal. We performed microarray analysis (using Agilent Rhesus arrays) on all lungs, lung lesions, and trachea collected for the study.
Project description:The avian influenza A(H7N9) virus has caused high mortality rates in humans, especially in the elderly; however, little is known about the mechanistic basis for this. In the current study, we used nonhuman primates to evaluate the effect of aging on the pathogenicity of A(H7N9) virus. We observed that A(H7N9) virus infection of aged animals (defined as age 20-26 years) caused more severe symptoms than infection of young animals (defined as age 2-3 years). In aged animals, lung inflammation was weak and virus infection was sustained. Although cytokine and chemokine expression in the lungs of most aged animals was lower than that in the lungs of young animals, 1 aged animal showed severe symptoms and dysregulated proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine production. These results suggest that attenuated or dysregulated immune responses in aged animals are responsible for the severe symptoms observed among elderly patients infected with A(H7N9) virus.
Project description:mRNA-Seq analysis was used to profile the cellular transcriptome of A549 cells at multiple time points in response to infection with influenza H7N9.
Project description:To clarify the underlying mechanism that regulates the response of iron metabolism to influenza A virus infection, we analyzed gene expression profiles in mouse, bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) infected with H7N9 virus. In addition, We also analysed the chemokine, inflammation, innate-immunity, lipid-metabolism, transcription mRNA level by micrroarray. So, we gain the global transcriptional response in the BMDMs of mice infected with H7N9 virus.
Project description:Avian influenza A (H7N9) viruses have emerged in China in 2013 and caused zoonotic disease associated with a case-fatality ratio of over 30%. Transcriptional profile from peripheral blood has been shown to reflect host responses against a specific respiratory pathogen and can be used to understand the disease. Methods: We correlated the clinical data and blood transcriptomic profile of patients with avian influenza A (H7N9) disease and determined the biological significance of the infection from the analysis.
Project description:This study aims to determine how gene expression in the lung of mice is affected by cigarette smoking during infection with an H7N9 influenza virus.
Project description:The purpose is to obtain samples for mRNA, miRNA, proteomics, lipidomics, metabolomics, and histopathology analysis in mouse lung infected with WT A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9; 'AH1'), AH - NS1-103F/106M, and AH1 - 691 (ferret adapted virus). Groups of 22-week-old C57BL/6 mice were infected with the H7N9 Influenza WT A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9; 'AH1'), AH - NS1-103F/106M, and AH1 - 691 (ferret adapted virus). Infections were done at 10^4 PFU or time-matched mock infected. Time points were 1, 2, 4 and 7 d.p.i. There were 5 animals/dose/time point. Lung samples were collected for virus load, transcriptional and proteomics analysis. Weight loss and animal survival were also monitored.