β2-adrenergic signaling controls neonatal respiratory syncytial virus infection by promoting viral clearance and airway protection

Sandeep Adhikari, Camille Carrier, Prabhu Raj Joshi, Pankaj Baral · 2025

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Sandeep Adhikari, Camille Carrier, Prabhu Raj Joshi, and Pankaj Baral study how nerve signals help newborn mice fight a common lung virus. Their 2025 study deals with the virus that causes most cases of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in young children. Nerves and immune cells talk to each other from early life.

A drug that boosts one nerve receptor sped virus clearance and eased lung harm. Mice that lacked those nerves or that receptor carried more virus and fared worse. Boosting the signal also cut mucus and guarded the airway lining from breakdown. That guard kept airways open and aided recovery. The authors cast this nerve path as a shield for newborn lungs.

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CREATORSandeep Adhikari, Camille Carrier, Prabhu Raj Joshi, Pankaj Baral
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE108 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12715253

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