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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is produced within multiple tissues and can be readily detected in the circulation in resuscitated hemorrhagic shock (HS). Instillation of IL-6 into lungs of normal rats induces polymorphonuclear neutrophilic granulocyte (PMN) infiltration and lung damage, while infusion of IL-6 into the systemic circulation of rats during resuscitation from HS reduces PMN recruitment and lung injury. The current study was designed to determine whether or not IL-6 makes an essential contribution to postresuscitation inflammation and which of the two effects of IL-6, its local proinflammatory effect or its systemic anti-inflammatory effect, is dominant in HS. Wild-type and IL-6-deficient mice were subjected to HS followed by resuscitation and death 4 h later. IL-6-deficient mice subjected to HS did not demonstrate any features of postresuscitation inflammation observed in wild-type mice, including increased PMN infiltration into the lungs, increased alveolar cross-sectional surface area, increased PMN infiltration into the liver, increased liver necrosis, increased signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 activation, and increased nuclear factor-kappaB activity. These findings indicate that IL-6 is an essential component of the postresuscitation inflammatory cascade in HS and that the local proinflammatory effects of IL-6 on PMN infiltration and organ damage in HS dominate over the anti-inflammatory effects of systemic IL-6.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0363-6143
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C343-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Essential role for IL-6 in postresuscitation inflammation in hemorrhagic shock.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.