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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-6-29
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Several deficiencies in antibacterial defense have been described in neonates. Among those best characterized are delayed maturation of B cells into antibody producing cells, deficient T-cell maturation, and delayed cycling of hematopoietic progenitor cells after an infectious challenge. No unifying theory has been forwarded, however, to explain the concomitance of these three developmental deficiencies. IL-6, a cytokine produced primarily by monocytes and macrophages in response to stimulation by IL-1, is involved in the regulation of these three processes. Thus, we postulated that defective production of IL-6 could be a mechanism underlying these immune deficiencies of neonates. Indeed, we observed that a peak production, cells of five term neonates produced only one half as much IL-6 (14 120 +/- 2590 pg IL-6/10(6) monocytes) as those of five adults (28 940 +/- 1680 pg, p less than 0.001). Peak production was lower still by monocytes of six preterm neonates (7190 +/- 1400 pg, p less than 0.001 versus term). Production of IL-6 protein was inhibited by actinomycin D and the IL-6 mRNA content of monocytes from neonates, as assessed by competitive polymerase chain reaction, was less than that of adult monocytes. We speculate that defective IL-6 transcription might underlie some of the defects in immune regulation observed in neonates.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jan
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| pubmed:issn |
0031-3998
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
31
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
18-21
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1992
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Defective production of interleukin-6 by monocytes: a possible mechanism underlying several host defense deficiencies of neonates.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
In Vitro,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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