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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
Despite increasing therapeutic use of interferon (IFN)-alpha, its effects on human neutrophil function are not well characterized. In vitro preincubation of neutrophils with recombinant IFN-alpha and -gamma, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) enhanced neutrophil respiratory burst responses to stimulation with influenza A virus (IAV) and FMLP. The enhancing effects of IFNs were more subtle and required more prolonged incubation than those of TNF and GM-CSF. TNF and GM-CSF enhanced neutrophil binding of IAV and neutrophil intracellular calcium and membrane depolarization responses to IAV or FMLP stimulation, while IFNs did not. Inhibitors of neutrophil tyrosine kinase activation and protein synthesis blocked IFN-alpha-induced enhancement of respiratory burst responses. In addition to its other well-characterized effects, IFN-alpha may protect against viral infection indirectly by promoting neutrophil respiratory burst responses.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
170
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
802-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Influenza A virus, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Interferon Type I, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Luminescent Measurements, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Respiratory Burst, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Superoxides, pubmed-meshheading:7930721-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Interferon-alpha enhances neutrophil respiratory burst responses to stimulation with influenza A virus and FMLP.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.