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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2025

Obesity Uncovers the Presence of Inflammatory Lung Macrophage Subsets With an Adipose Tissue Transcriptomic Signature in Influenza Virus Infection.

Pablo C Alarcon, Cassidy J Ulanowicz, Michelle S M A Damen, John Eom, Keisuke Sawada, Hak Chung, Tara Alahakoon, Jarren R Oates, Jennifer L Wayland, Traci E Stankiewicz and 4 more

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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14 authors.

Pablo C AlarconDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
Cassidy J UlanowiczDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
Michelle S M A DamenDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
John EomDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
Keisuke SawadaDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
Hak ChungDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
Tara AlahakoonProgram in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Amherst College, Massachusetts.
Jarren R OatesDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
Jennifer L WaylandDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
Traci E StankiewiczDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
Maria E Moreno-FernandezDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
William J ZachariasDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
Nathan SalomonisDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.ORCID 0000-0001-9689-2469
Senad DivanovicDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.ORCID 0000-0001-7538-0499

Funding

The LungMAP Data Coordination Center for Next Gen Systems Biology of RespirationU24HL148865 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Bruce J Aronow, Nathan G. Salomonis · 2019 to 2026
$12.4M
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION TRAINING GRANTT32DK007727 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Phillip P Minar · 1995 to 2026
$11.3M
Tissue Repository CoreP30AR070549 · NIAMS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Leah Claire Kottyan · 2016 to 2026
$7.7M
Immunopathogenesis of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseR01DK099222 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Senad Divanovic · 2013 to 2026
$5.6M
Contribution of adipocyte inflammation to parturition timingF30HD117460 · NICHD · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Jennifer Lynne Wayland · 2025 to 2026
$98k
Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Influenza Infection SeverityF31AI169757 · NIAID · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI ALARCON, PABLO · 2022 to 2023
$83k
NHLBI NIH HHS U24 HL148865NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI169757NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR070549NICHD NIH HHS F30 HD117460NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099222NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007727NIH HHS R01DK099222
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is an independent risk factor for increased disease severity during influenza A virus (IAV) infection. White adipose tissue (WAT) inflammation promotes disease pathogenesis in obesity. Whether obesity modifies lung and WAT immune cells to amplify influenza severity is unknown. We show that obesity establishes a proinflammatory transcriptome in lung immune cells that is augmented during IAV infection and that IAV infection changes WAT immune cell milieu in obesity. Notably, a decrease in WAT macrophages (ATM) inversely correlates with an increase in infiltrating lung macrophages in obese IAV-infected mice. Further analyses of lung immune cell uncovered a macrophage subset that shares a transcriptomic signature with inflammatory ATMs. Importantly, adoptive transfer of ATMs from obese mice into lean IAV infected mice promotes host immune cell infiltration to the lungs. These findings suggest that, in an obese state, ATMs may exacerbate the inflammatory milieu important in pathologic responses to IAV infection.

Indexed as

Adipose Tissue, WhiteLungMacrophagesMacrophages, AlveolarObesityOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsTranscriptomeAnimalsInflammationInfluenza A virusMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLadipose tissueinflammationlipid-associated macrophagesingle-cell RNA sequencingviral pneumonia

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PMID39494998
PMCPMC11841630

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