2014
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201407-1385oc
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Cigarette Smoking Impairs Human Pulmonary Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Abstract: In smokers, the pulmonary compartment has a number of macrophage-specific immune impairments that provide some mechanistic explanations whereby cigarette smoking renders a patient susceptible to tuberculosis infection and disease.

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“…Human AM were retrieved at bronchoscopy after informed consent, as approved by the Research Ethics Committee of St. James's Hospital (Dublin, Ireland), and prepared and cultured as previously reported (8,9). Cells were cultured for 24 h prior to experimentation.…”
Section: Cell Culturementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Human AM were retrieved at bronchoscopy after informed consent, as approved by the Research Ethics Committee of St. James's Hospital (Dublin, Ireland), and prepared and cultured as previously reported (8,9). Cells were cultured for 24 h prior to experimentation.…”
Section: Cell Culturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv, gamma-irradiated whole cells, NR-49098 (BEI Resources, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health) was prepared according to the supplier's instructions. Bacteria were resuspended, and multiplicity of infection (MOI) was determined for each donor as previously described (8,9). Cells were infected at MOI 1-5 bacilli/cell for 3 h, extracellular bacteria were removed, and fresh media were applied to allow incubation for specified times.…”
Section: Cell Culturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Prolonged exposure to the cytotoxic and pro-inflammatory agents in cigarette smoke results in chronic inflammation, oxidative stress and immunosuppression, increasing susceptibility to respiratory infection, particularly with the bacterial pathogens, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis [45]. Notwithstanding suppression of pulmonary host defences [48], smoking also poses the risk of damage to lung epithelium and endothelium, facilitating extrapulmonary dissemination of microbial pathogens and possibly entry of HIV [49,50].…”
Section: Smoking and Immunitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Preexisting lung disease (e.g., heavy smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is the most prevalent underlying condition among patients with pulmonary M. kansasii infections (34). Underlying lung conditions likely increase susceptibility to infection due to impaired alveolar macrophage phagocytic activity (35) and immune responses (36). However, the lack of association between underlying lung disease alone and disseminated M. kansasii disease (34) suggests that extrapulmonary immune responses largely remain intact in these patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%