Publication year
2016Source
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 214, 10, (2016), pp. 1588-1596ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Display more detailsDisplay less details
Organization
Paediatrics - OUD tm 2017
Laboratory Medicine
Internal Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume
vol. 214
Issue
iss. 10
Page start
p. 1588
Page end
p. 1596
Subject
Radboudumc 4: lnfectious Diseases and Global Health RIMLS: Radboud Institute for Molecular Life SciencesAbstract
For many bacterial respiratory infections, development of (severe) disease is preceded by asymptomatic colonization of the upper airways. For Streptococcus pneumoniae, the transition to severe lower respiratory tract infection is associated with an increase in nasopharyngeal colonization density. Insight into how the mucosal immune system restricts colonization may provide new strategies to prevent clinical symptoms. Several studies have provided indirect evidence that the mucosal adjuvant cholera toxin subunit B (CTB) may confer nonspecific protection against respiratory infections. Here, we show that CTB reduces the pneumococcal load in the nasopharynx, which required activation of the caspase-1/11 inflammasome, mucosal T cells, and macrophages. Our findings suggest that CTB-dependent activation of the local innate response synergizes with noncognate T cells to restrict bacterial load. Our study not only provides insight into the immunological components required for containment and clearance of pneumococcal carriage, but also highlights an important yet often understudied aspect of adjuvants.
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
- Academic publications [203608]
- Faculty of Medical Sciences [80231]
Upload full text
Use your RU credentials (u/z-number and password) to log in with SURFconext to upload a file for processing by the repository team.