PMID- 23888080 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131122 LR - 20131004 IS - 1537-6613 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1899 (Linking) VI - 208 IP - 9 DP - 2013 Nov 1 TI - Downregulation of IL7R, CCR7, and TLR4 in the cord blood of children with respiratory syncytial virus disease. PG - 1431-5 LID - 10.1093/infdis/jit336 [doi] AB - The association between gene expression at birth of 11 candidate genes with important innate and adaptive immune functions and later respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease was investigated. Cord blood was collected from 2108 newborns. Forty-seven were subsequently RSV positive. Gene expression analysis by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was compared to 17 controls. There was downregulation of interleukin 7 receptor (IL7R) (P = .0001) and chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) (P = .002), and in the severe disease subcategory, downregulation of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) (P = .003). IL7R and CCR7 facilitate communication between adaptive and innate immune systems. TLR4 activates the innate immune system on RSV exposure. Delayed innate and adaptive immune activation may predispose children to more severe RSV disease. FAU - Inchley, Christopher S AU - Inchley CS AD - Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog. FAU - Osterholt, Helene C D AU - Osterholt HC FAU - Sonerud, Tonje AU - Sonerud T FAU - Fjaerli, Hans O AU - Fjaerli HO FAU - Nakstad, Britt AU - Nakstad B LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130725 PL - United States TA - J Infect Dis JT - The Journal of infectious diseases JID - 0413675 RN - 0 (CCR7 protein, human) RN - 0 (Receptors, CCR7) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-7) RN - 0 (TLR4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) SB - IM MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Child, Preschool MH - Down-Regulation/immunology MH - Female MH - Fetal Blood/metabolism/virology MH - Gene Expression MH - Humans MH - Immunity, Innate MH - Infant MH - Infant, Newborn MH - Lymphocytes/immunology/virology MH - Male MH - Receptors, CCR7/*genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Interleukin-7/*genetics/metabolism MH - Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/*blood/immunology MH - Respiratory Syncytial Viruses/*immunology MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/*genetics/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - CCR7 OT - IL7 OT - IL7R OT - TLR4 OT - children OT - dendritic cells OT - gene expression OT - immunity OT - lymphocytes OT - respiratory syncytial virus EDAT- 2013/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/07/27 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/16 06:00 [medline] AID - jit336 [pii] AID - 10.1093/infdis/jit336 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Infect Dis. 2013 Nov 1;208(9):1431-5. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit336. Epub 2013 Jul 25.