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Vitamin D deficiency exacerbates COPD-like characteristics in the lungs of cigarette smoke-exposed mice

Overview of attention for article published in Respiratory Research, September 2015
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Title
Vitamin D deficiency exacerbates COPD-like characteristics in the lungs of cigarette smoke-exposed mice
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Respiratory Research, September 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12931-015-0271-x
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Nele Heulens, Hannelie Korf, Nele Cielen, Elien De Smidt, Karen Maes, Conny Gysemans, Erik Verbeken, Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez, Chantal Mathieu, Wim Janssens

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by excessive inflammation and disturbed bacterial clearance in the airways. Although cigarette smoke (CS) exposure poses a major risk, vitamin D deficiency could potentially contribute to COPD progression. Many in vitro studies demonstrate important anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects of vitamin D, but a direct contribution of vitamin D deficiency to COPD onset and disease progression has not been explored. In the current study, we used a murine experimental model to investigate the combined effect of vitamin D deficiency and CS exposure on the development of COPD-like characteristics. Therefore, vitamin D deficient or control mice were exposed to CS or ambient air for a period of 6 (subacute) or 12 weeks (chronic). Besides lung function and structure measurements, we performed an in depth analysis of the size and composition of the cellular infiltrate in the airways and lung parenchyma and tested the ex vivo phagocytic and oxidative burst capacity of alveolar macrophages. Vitamin D deficient mice exhibited an accelerated lung function decline following CS exposure compared to control mice. Furthermore, early signs of emphysema were only observed in CS-exposed vitamin D deficient mice, which was accompanied by elevated levels of MMP-12 in the lung. Vitamin D deficient mice showed exacerbated infiltration of inflammatory cells in the airways and lung parenchyma after both subacute and chronic CS exposure compared to control mice. Furthermore, elevated levels of typical proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines could be detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (KC and TNF-α) and lung tissue (IP-10, MCP-1, IL-12) of CS-exposed vitamin D deficient mice compared to control mice. Finally, although CS greatly impaired the ex vivo phagocytic and oxidative burst function of alveolar macrophages, vitamin D deficient mice did not feature an additional defect. Our data demonstrate that vitamin D deficiency both accelerates and aggravates the development of characteristic disease features of COPD. As vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent, large randomized trials exploring effects of vitamin D supplementation on lung function decline and COPD onset are needed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 4%
Unknown 53 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 18%
Student > Bachelor 6 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 7%
Student > Postgraduate 4 7%
Other 9 16%
Unknown 18 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 16%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 5%
Other 8 15%
Unknown 21 38%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 April 2017.
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#6,496,331
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#787
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Outputs of similar age
#67,959
of 268,266 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Respiratory Research
#9
of 45 outputs
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