Article
IL-22 signaling contributes to West Nile encephalitis pathogenesis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Wang Penghua, Bai Fengwei, Zenewicz Lauren A, Dai Jianfeng, Gate David, Cheng Gong, Yang Long, Qian Feng, Yuan Xiaoling, Montgomery Ruth R, Flavell Richard A, Town Terrence, Fikrig Erol
Abstract excerpt
The Th17 cytokine, IL-22, regulates host immune responses to extracellular pathogens. Whether IL-22 plays a role in viral infection, however, is poorly understood. We report here that Il22(-/-) mice were more resistant to lethal West Nile virus (WNV) encephalitis, but had similar viral loads in the periphery compared to wild type (WT) mice. Viral loads, leukocyte infiltrates, proinflammatory cytokines and...
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