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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 182, 期 1, 页码 200-205出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/315641
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI07421, 1RO1AI40952-01] Funding Source: Medline
Infection by human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) is characterized clinically by cytopenias out of proportion to the number of cells seen to be infected directly. To study the pathogenic role of inflammatory mediators in HGE infection, cytokine production by untreated and dimethyl sulfoxide-treated HL-60 cells, which demonstrate enhanced infection because of granulocytic differentiation, and by normal bone marrow cells was measured using modified sandwich ELISA assays on samples obtained sequentially after inoculation with the HGE agent. All infected cells produced physiological concentrations of CC (monocyte chemotactic protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha and -beta, and RANTES) and CXC (interleukin [IL]-8) chemokines in amounts significantly greater than those produced by uninfected controls. In contrast, infected cells did not secrete the classic proinflammatory cytokines IL-1, IL-6, or tumor necrosis factor-alpha. The striking production of chemokines, powerful leukocyte chemoattractants capable of suppressing hematopoiesis, by susceptible target cells, is likely to be of pathogenic importance both in the observed cytopenias and in mediation of inflammation and host defenses during infection.
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