2013
Cytokine Response Signatures in Disease Progression and Development of Severe Clinical Outcomes for Leptospirosis
Reis EA, Hagan JE, Ribeiro GS, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Martins-Filho OA, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Ko AI, Reis MG. Cytokine Response Signatures in Disease Progression and Development of Severe Clinical Outcomes for Leptospirosis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2013, 7: e2457. PMID: 24069500, PMCID: PMC3777885, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere pulmonary hemorrhage syndromeIL-10IL-6Mild diseaseClinical outcomesIL-8Disease progressionSevere diseaseSerum cytokine responseDays of symptomsHospital-based surveillanceAnti-inflammatory cytokinesIL-6 levelsCase-control study designPulmonary hemorrhage syndromeSevere clinical outcomesMultiplex bead array assayNon-fatal casesLife-threatening outcomesBead array assayImmunopathogenic roleCytokine profileCytokine stormIL-17ANonfatal outcomes
2001
Murine Lyme Disease: No Evidence for Active Immune Down-Regulation in Resolving or Subclinical Infection
Montgomery R, Wang X, Malawista S. Murine Lyme Disease: No Evidence for Active Immune Down-Regulation in Resolving or Subclinical Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2001, 183: 1631-1637. PMID: 11343212, DOI: 10.1086/320703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBorrelia burgdorferi GroupDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueInterleukin-1Interleukin-12Lyme DiseaseMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesMiceMyocarditisPeritoneumReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSpecific Pathogen-Free OrganismsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsActive diseaseAnti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10Proinflammatory cytokines IL-1Levels of proinflammatoryAnti-inflammatory cytokinesCytokine IL-10Double-label immunofluorescent stainingCytokines IL-1Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysisSemiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysisTranscription-polymerase chain reaction analysisInfected heartsIL-10IL-12Inflammatory activityCytokine expressionTumor necrosisLocal macrophagesIL-1Peritoneal cavitySubclinical infectionChain reaction analysisLevels of mRNAMacrophage activationImmune system