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Impaired interferon response in plasmacytoid dendritic cells from children with persistent wheeze

Impaired interferon response and allergic sensitization may contribute to virus-induced wheeze and asthma development in young children. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells play a key role in antiviral immunity as critical producers of type I interferons. 

Citation:
Coenen I, de Jong E, Jones AC, Khoo SK, Foo S, Howland SW, Ginhoux F, Le Souëf PN, Holt PG, Strickland DH, Laing IA, Leffler J. Impaired interferon response in plasmacytoid dendritic cells from children with persistent wheeze. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024;153(4):1083-1094

Keywords:
Childhood asthma; IgE; interferon response; plasmacytoid dendritic cells; recurrent excerbations of wheeze

Abstract:
Impaired interferon response and allergic sensitization may contribute to virus-induced wheeze and asthma development in young children. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells play a key role in antiviral immunity as critical producers of type I interferons.