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Interleukin-11 drives early lung inflammation during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in genetically susceptible mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Kapina Marina A, Shepelkova Galina S, Avdeenko Vadim G, Guseva Anna N, Kondratieva Tatiana K, Evstifeev Vladimir V, Apt Alexander S
Abstract excerpt
IL-11 is multifunctional cytokine whose physiological role in the lungs during pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is poorly understood. Here, using in vivo administration of specific antibodies against IL-11, we demonstrate for the first time that blocking IL-11 diminishes histopathology and neutrophilic infiltration of the lung tissue in TB-infected genetically susceptible mice. Antibody treatment decreased the...
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