Comparative Study of Interleukin-1β Expression by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Purified Monocytes Experimentally Infected withBurkholderia pseudomalleiandBurkholderia thailandensis

Autor: Puntharee Butkhamchot, Sutatip Pongcharoen, Pannika R. Niumsup
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Immunological Investigations. 37:704-713
ISSN: 1532-4311
0882-0139
DOI: 10.1080/08820130802307310
Popis: Burkholderia pseudomallei is a causative agent of melioidosis. The present study investigated IL-1beta mRNA and protein expression by peripheral blood mononuclear cells and purified monocytes (n = 10) in response to infection with B. pseudomallei and B. thailandensis. Similarly increased IL-1beta mRNA and protein expression was found in both PBMC and purified monocytes stimulated with B. pseudomallei and B. thailandensis. Thus, this study suggests that IL-1beta response does not differ between infections with B. pseudomallei and its non-virulent counterpart and other mechanisms may be involved in their distinct virulence in causing the disease.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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