Article
Cytokines produced early in picornavirus infection reflect resistance or susceptibility to disease.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Aug 1998
Curiel R E, Mason K M, Dryden T D, Maurer M J, Bigley N J
Abstract excerpt
Gender bias favoring female resistance to picornavirus disease is not seen in ICR Swiss mice following infection with the MM strain of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) (causing encephalitis and death) as it is with D variant of EMCV (causing diabetes in males). To define this difference, an in vitro virus-infected splenocyte culture system was used to explore virus effects on lymphoid cells. Infected and...
Topics
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Interferon Inducers
- Interferon-gamma
- Interleukin-10
