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Oxidative stress diseases unique to the perinatal period: A window into the developing innate immune response
Author(s) -
Dietz Robert M.,
Wright Clyde J.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of reproductive immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1600-0897
pISSN - 1046-7408
DOI - 10.1111/aji.12787
Subject(s) - innate immune system , oxidative stress , immune system , hyperoxia , immunology , biology , pattern recognition receptor , neuroscience , signal transduction , medicine , lung , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology
The innate immune system has evolved to play an integral role in the normally developing lung and brain. However, in response to oxidative stress, innate immunity, mediated by specific cellular and molecular programs and signaling, contributes to pathology in these same organ systems. Despite opposing drivers of oxidative stress, namely hyperoxia in neonatal lung injury and hypoxia/ischemia in neonatal brain injury, similar pathways—including toll‐like receptors, NF κB and MAPK cascades—have been implicated in tissue damage. In this review, we consider recent insights into the innate immune response to oxidative stress in both neonatal and adult models to better understand hyperoxic lung injury and hypoxic‐ischemic brain injury across development and aging. These insights support the development of targeted immunotherapeutic strategies to address the challenge of harnessing the innate immune system in oxidative stress diseases of the neonate.