Browsing by Author "Lay Remolcoi, Margarita Kam-len"

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    Advances in understanding respiratory syncytial virus infection in airway epithelial cells and consequential effects on the immune response
    (2013) Bueno Ramírez, Susan Marcela; Cespedes Donoso, Pablo Francisco; González, Pablo A.; Kalergis Parra, Alexis Mikes; Lay Remolcoi, Margarita Kam-len; León, Miguel A.; Riedel Soria, Claudia
    This article reviews aspects of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in airway epithelial cells (AECs), including cytopathogenesis, entry, replication and the induction of immune response to the virus, including a new role for thymic stromal lymphopoietin in RSV immunopathology. (C) 2012 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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    BCG-induced cross-protection and development of trained immunity: implication for vaccine design
    (2019) Covián, Camila; Fernández Fierro, Ayleen Lorena; Retamal Díaz, Angello Ricardo; Díaz Acevedo, Fabián Esteban; Vásquez Veloso, Abel; Lay Remolcoi, Margarita Kam-len; Riedel Soria, Claudia; González Muñoz, Pablo Alberto; Bueno Ramírez, Susan; Kalergis Parra, Alexis Mikes
    The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a live attenuated tuberculosis vaccine that has the ability to induce non-specific cross-protection against pathogens that might be unrelated to the target disease. Vaccination with BCG reduces mortality in newborns and induces an improved innate immune response against microorganisms other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis, such as Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus. Innate immune cells, including monocytes and natural killer (NK) cells, contribute to this non-specific immune protection in a way that is independent of memory T or B cells. This phenomenon associated with a memory-like response in innate immune cells is known as "trained immunity." Epigenetic reprogramming through histone modification in the regulatory elements of particular genes has been reported as one of the mechanisms associated with the induction of trained immunity in both, humans and mice. Indeed, it has been shown that BCG vaccination induces changes in the methylation pattern of histones associated with specific genes in circulating monocytes leading to a "trained" state. Importantly, these modifications can lead to the expression and/or repression of genes that are related to increased protection against secondary infections after vaccination, with improved pathogen recognition and faster inflammatory responses. In this review, we discuss BCG-induced cross-protection and acquisition of trained immunity and potential heterologous effects of recombinant BCG vaccines.