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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-8
pubmed:abstractText
Secondary bacterial infection often occurs after pulmonary virus infection and is a common cause of severe disease in humans, yet the mechanisms responsible for this viral-bacterial synergy in the lung are only poorly understood. We now report that pulmonary interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) produced during T cell responses to influenza infection in mice inhibits initial bacterial clearance from the lung by alveolar macrophages. This suppression of phagocytosis correlates with lung IFN-gamma abundance, but not viral burden, and leads to enhanced susceptibility to secondary pneumococcal infection, which can be prevented by IFN-gamma neutralization after influenza infection. Direct inoculation of IFN-gamma can mimic influenza infection and downregulate the expression of the class A scavenger receptor MARCO on alveolar macrophages. Thus, IFN-gamma, although probably facilitating induction of specific anti-influenza adaptive immunity, suppresses innate protection against extracellular bacterial pathogens in the lung.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1546-170X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
558-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Antigens, CD8, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Complement C3, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Immunity, Innate, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Orthomyxoviridae Infections, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Pneumococcal Infections, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:18438414-Receptors, Interferon
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of pulmonary antibacterial defense by interferon-gamma during recovery from influenza infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York 12208, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural