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Article: Prolonged disturbances of in vitro cytokine production in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) treated with ribavirin and steroids

TitleProlonged disturbances of in vitro cytokine production in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) treated with ribavirin and steroids
Authors
KeywordsCorticosteroids
Cytokines
Inflammation
Pneumonia
SARS
Issue Date2004
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/CEI
Citation
Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 2004, v. 135 n. 3, p. 467-473 How to Cite?
AbstractSevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new disease which has spread rapidly and widely. We wished to know whether evaluation of in vitro cytokine production could contribute to improved understanding of disease pathogenesis and to better patient management. Numbers of unstimulated and mitogen-stimulated cytokine-secreting peripheral blood mononuclear cells were measured repeatedly during and after hospitalization in 13 patients with SARS using enzyme-linked immunospot technology. Numbers of interferon-gamma, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IL-12 secreting cells induced by T cell activators were below normal in many or most patients before and during treatment with corticosteroids and ribavirin but returned essentially to normal after completion of treatment. Staphylococcus aureus Cowan 1 (SAC)-stimulated IL-10 secreting cells were increased in early SARS but fell during treatment. SAC-induced IL-12 secreting cells were deficient before, during and long after treatment. Numbers of cells induced to produce IL-6 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha by T cell or monocyte activators were higher than normal in many early SARS patients and were still increased in some during and after treatment. We conclude that prolonged dysregulated cytokine production occurs in SARS and that future studies should be directed at improving anti-inflammatory and antiviral therapies in order to limit cytokine impairment.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/49129
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.114
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dc.contributor.authorJones, BMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorMa, ESKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPeiris, JSMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, PCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, JCMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, Ben_HK
dc.contributor.authorLai, KNen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTsang, KWTen_HK
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dc.date.issued2004en_HK
dc.identifier.citationClinical and Experimental Immunology, 2004, v. 135 n. 3, p. 467-473en_HK
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dc.description.abstractSevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new disease which has spread rapidly and widely. We wished to know whether evaluation of in vitro cytokine production could contribute to improved understanding of disease pathogenesis and to better patient management. Numbers of unstimulated and mitogen-stimulated cytokine-secreting peripheral blood mononuclear cells were measured repeatedly during and after hospitalization in 13 patients with SARS using enzyme-linked immunospot technology. Numbers of interferon-gamma, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IL-12 secreting cells induced by T cell activators were below normal in many or most patients before and during treatment with corticosteroids and ribavirin but returned essentially to normal after completion of treatment. Staphylococcus aureus Cowan 1 (SAC)-stimulated IL-10 secreting cells were increased in early SARS but fell during treatment. SAC-induced IL-12 secreting cells were deficient before, during and long after treatment. Numbers of cells induced to produce IL-6 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha by T cell or monocyte activators were higher than normal in many early SARS patients and were still increased in some during and after treatment. We conclude that prolonged dysregulated cytokine production occurs in SARS and that future studies should be directed at improving anti-inflammatory and antiviral therapies in order to limit cytokine impairment.en_HK
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/CEIen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofClinical and Experimental Immunologyen_HK
dc.subjectCorticosteroidsen_HK
dc.subjectCytokinesen_HK
dc.subjectInflammationen_HK
dc.subjectPneumoniaen_HK
dc.subjectSARSen_HK
dc.titleProlonged disturbances of in vitro cytokine production in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) treated with ribavirin and steroidsen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailPeiris, JSM: malik@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2249.2003.02391.xen_HK
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