Abstract
H7N9 avian influenza is an emerging viral disease in China caused by avian influenza A (H7N9) virus. We investigated host cytokine and chemokine profiles in serum samples of H7N9 patients by multiplex-microbead immunoassays. Statistical analysis showed that IP-10, IL-6, IL-17, and IL-2 were increased in H7N9 infected patients. Furthermore, IL-6 and the chemokine IP-10 were significantly higher in severe H7N9 patients compared to nonsevere H7N9 cases. We suggest that proinflammatory cytokine responses, characterized by a combined Th1/Thl7 cytokine induction, are partially responsible for the disease progression of patients with H7N9 infection.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1962-1967 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 208 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 15 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support. This work was supported by National Major Science and Technology Projects for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention (2013ZX10004103-006), the Jiangsu Province Health Development Project with Science and Education (ZX201109, RC2011082, RC2011191, RC2011084, RC2011085, JKRC2011001) and the Science and Technology Pillar program of Jiangsu Province (BE2011796). Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts.
Keywords
- Chemokine
- Cytokine
- H7N9 avian influenza