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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adaptive Immunity, Animals, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, Chemokines, Cytokines, Disease Models, Animal, Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation, Female, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Immunity, Innate, Immunoglobulin G, Influenza A virus, Lung, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Orthomyxoviridae Infections, Proteins, Weight Loss, Whole-Body Irradiation.
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Does lung irradiation increase mortality after influenza A virus challenge occurring late after exposure? Context: To address whether irradiation-induced changes in the lung environment alter responses to a viral challenge delivered late after exposure but before the appearance of late lung radiation injury. C57BL/6J mice received either lung alone or combined lung and whole-body irradiation (0-15 Gy). At 10 weeks after irradiation, animals were infected with 120 HAU influenza virus strain A/HKx31. Innate and adaptive immune cell recruitment was determined using flow cytometry. Cytokine and chemokine production and protein leakage into the lung after infection were assessed. Prior irradiation led to a dose-dependent failure to regain body weight after infection and exacerbated mortality, but it did not affect virus-specific immune responses or virus clearance. Surviving irradiated animals displayed a persistent increase in total protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and edema.
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Lung irradiation increased susceptibility to death after infection with influenza virus and impaired the ability to complete recovery. This altered response does not seem to be due to a radiation effect on the immune response, but it may possibly be an effect on epithelial repair. Final Decision: yes