Interleukin-10 negatively regulates local cytokine and chemokine production but does not influence antibacterial host defense during murine pneumococcal meningitis.

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Abstract

To determine the role of endogenous interleukin-10 (IL-10) in local host defense during pneumococcal meningitis, the inflammatory responses of IL-10-gene-deficient and wild-type mice after the induction of meningitis were compared. The absence of IL-10 was associated with higher cytokine and chemokine concentrations and a more pronounced infiltrate, but antibacterial defense or survival was not influenced
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2276-9
Number of pages4
JournalInfection and immunity
Volume71
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2003

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Blood/microbiology
  • Brain/immunology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid/microbiology
  • Chemokines/metabolism
  • Cytokines/metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Interleukin-10/deficiency
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal/immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae/immunology

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