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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2276-9 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Infection and immunity |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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