Influence of Lifestyle Factors on Neutrophil Migration Pilot Study

Summary

This study will determine how common lifestyle practices affect the behavior of neutrophils (a type of immune cell) at shorter time scales than previously possible.

Timeline

Start

2014-09-25

Primary completion

2019-12-31

Completion

2019-12-31

Publications

• Background Bagby GJ, Zhang P, Stoltz DA, Nelson S. Suppression of the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor response to Escherichia coli challenge by alcohol intoxication. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1998 Nov;22(8):1740-5.
• Background Bird MD, Zahs A, Deburghgraeve C, Ramirez L, Choudhry MA, Kovacs EJ. Decreased pulmonary inflammation following ethanol and burn injury in mice deficient in TLR4 but not TLR2 signaling. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010 Oct;34(10):1733-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01260.x. Epub 2010 Jul 1.
• Background Boe DM, Nelson S, Zhang P, Quinton L, Bagby GJ. Alcohol-induced suppression of lung chemokine production and the host defense response to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2003 Nov;27(11):1838-45. doi: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000095634.82310.53.
• Background Boudjeltia KZ, Faraut B, Stenuit P, Esposito MJ, Dyzma M, Brohee D, Ducobu J, Vanhaeverbeek M, Kerkhofs M. Sleep restriction increases white blood cells, mainly neutrophil count, in young healthy men: a pilot study. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2008;4(6):1467-70. doi: 10.2147/vhrm.s3934.
• Background Chimenti L, Morici G, Paterno A, Santagata R, Bonanno A, Profita M, Riccobono L, Bellia V, Bonsignore MR. Bronchial epithelial damage after a half-marathon in nonasthmatic amateur runners. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2010 Jun;298(6):L857-62. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00053.2010. Epub 2010 Apr 2.
• Background Horrigan LA, Kelly JP, Connor TJ. Caffeine suppresses TNF-alpha production via activation of the cyclic AMP/protein kinase A pathway. Int Immunopharmacol. 2004 Oct;4(10-11):1409-17. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.06.005.
• Background Sackmann EK, Berthier E, Young EW, Shelef MA, Wernimont SA, Huttenlocher A, Beebe DJ. Microfluidic kit-on-a-lid: a versatile platform for neutrophil chemotaxis assays. Blood. 2012 Oct 4;120(14):e45-53. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-03-416453. Epub 2012 Aug 22.
• Background Sackmann EK, Berthier E, Schwantes EA, Fichtinger PS, Evans MD, Dziadzio LL, Huttenlocher A, Mathur SK, Beebe DJ. Characterizing asthma from a drop of blood using neutrophil chemotaxis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 22;111(16):5813-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1324043111. Epub 2014 Apr 7.

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