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  • Title: Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-2 Expression Tracks With M2-Like Macrophage Activity and Disease Severity in COPD.
    Author: Byers DE, Wu K, Dang-Vu G, Jin X, Agapov E, Zhang X, Battaile JT, Schechtman K, Yusen R, Pierce RA, Holtzman MJ.
    Journal: Chest; 2018 Jan; 153(1):77-86. PubMed ID: 29017955.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Cell and animal models show a key role for Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells (TREM)-2 in chronic airway disease after viral infection, but comparable evidence in humans still needs to be established. METHODS: Lung tissue samples were obtained from lung transplant recipients with Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage IV COPD (n = 16), nontransplantable donor lung tissues (n = 7), and resected lung tissues from patients at risk or with GOLD stage I through IV (n = 55) and were assessed for TREM-2 and TREM-1 messenger RNA (mRNA), protein expression, and other markers of a type 2 immune response. RESULTS: TREM2 (but not TREM1) mRNA levels were increased in GOLD stage IV COPD lung tissues compared with non-COPD lung tissues. TREM2 mRNA was coexpressed with its signaling molecule DAP12 and the macrophage marker CD68 and M2-macrophage markers CD206 and CHIT1. TREM-2 protein was also increased in COPD lung tissues and was localized to CD14+ macrophages by flow cytometry and CD68+ and CCR2+ macrophages by tissue immunostaining. In lung samples from patients at risk and with GOLD stage I through IV COPD, TREM2 but not TREM1 mRNA levels were also increased, and the ratio of TREM2/TREM1 mRNA levels was associated with increases in CHIT1 mRNA and decreases in FEV1 and FEV1/FVC. CONCLUSIONS: TREM-2 expression is increased in lung macrophages in COPD, particularly in comparison with TREM-1. Therefore, TREM-2 levels and the ratio of TREM-2/TREM-1 signifies M2 activation in COPD lung tissues and may help to guide therapeutics directed against the type 2 immune response in patients with this disease.
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