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- Title
Transition of Serum Cytokine Concentration in Rickettsia japonica Infection.
- Authors
Makoto Kondo; Yoshiaki Matsushima; Kento Mizutani; Shohei Iida; Koji Habe; Keiichi Yamanaka
- Abstract
(1) Background. Rickettsia japonica (R. japonica) infection induces severe inflammation, and the disappearance of eosinophil in the acute stage is one of the phenomena. (2) Materials and Methods. In the current study, we measured the serum concentrations of Th1, Th2, and Th17 cytokines in the acute and recovery stages. (3) Results. In the acute phase, IL-6 and IFN-γ levels were elevated and we speculated that they played a role as a defense mechanism against R. japonica. The high concentration of IFN-γ suppressed the differentiation of eosinophil and induced apoptosis of eosinophil, leading to the disappearance of eosinophil. On day 7, IL-6 and IFN-γ concentrations were decreased, and Th2 cytokines such as IL-5 and IL-9 were slightly increased. On day 14, eosinophil count recovered to the normal level. The transition of serum cytokine concentration in R. japonica infection was presented. (4) Conclusions. IL-6 and IFN-γ seem to be critical cytokines as defense mechanism against R. japonica in the acute phase, and this may deeply connect to the decrease of eosinophil.
- Subjects
CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILS; RICKETTSIA; DEFENSE reaction (Physiology); INTERLEUKIN-6
- Publication
Infectious Disease Reports, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 3, p127
- ISSN
2036-7449
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/idr12030023