J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob
February 2025
Background: Asthma, a chronic lung disease, is a significant public health problem worldwide. It is marked by increased T2 response resulting in eosinophil accumulation. The pathophysiology of asthma involves various cell types, including epithelial cells, dendritic cells (DCs), innate lymphoid cells, B cells, and effector cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Allergic Asthma is a disease presenting various endotypes and no current therapies act curative but alleviate disease symptoms. Dietary interventions are gaining increasing importance in regulating immune responses. Furthermore, short chain fatty acids (SFCA), as the main products of dietary fiber's fermentation by the gut bacteria, ameliorate the pathogenesis and disease burden of different illnesses including asthma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite therapy advances, one of the leading causes of cancer deaths still remains lung cancer. To improve current treatments or prevent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the role of the nutrition in cancer onset and progression needs to be understood in more detail. While in colorectal cancer, the influence of local microbiota derived SCFAs have been well investigated, the influence of SCFA on lung cancer cells via peripheral blood immune system should be investigated more deeply.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFType I and III interferons are among the most important antiviral mediators. Increased susceptibility to infections has been described as being associated with impaired interferon response in asthmatic patients. In this work, we focused on the modulation of interferon dysfunction after the rhinovirus infection of airway epithelial cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Vitamin D (VitD) is known to have immunomodulatory functions, and VitD deficiency is associated with more severe asthma.
Objective: We aimed to assess the immunoregulatory effects of VitD food supplementation on asthma manifestation, with particular focus on T cells and type 2 innate lymphoid cells.
Methods: Preschool children and adult asthmatic cohorts were analyzed in the context of VitD supplementation and serum levels.