Interleukin-17 Contributes to Chikungunya Virus-Induced Disease
Liu X, Poo YS, Alves JC, Almeida RP, Mostafavi H, Tang PCH, Bucala R, Teixeira MM, Taylor A, Zaid A, Mahalingam S. Interleukin-17 Contributes to Chikungunya Virus-Induced Disease. MBio 2022, 13: e00289-22. PMID: 35254128, PMCID: PMC9040832, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00289-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-17Chikungunya virusCHIKV infectionRheumatoid arthritisIL-17-deficient miceIL-17A-deficient miceInterleukin-17 ContributesSpecific antiviral drugsWild-type miceIL-17 signalingAlphaviral arthritidesIL-17AIL-23Neutrophil infiltrationPsoriatic arthritisArthritic inflammationIL-21Acute phaseIL-22Interleukin-17Chronic phaseIL-6Tissue infiltratesTissue inflammationDisease patients