| Literature DB >> 11090198 |
S F Khaiboullina1, D M Netski, P Krumpe, S C St Jeor.
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Previous data indicate that immune mechanisms may be involved in developing capillary leakage during Sin Nombre virus (SNV) infection. Therefore, we investigated production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) by human alveolar macrophages and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) after infection with SNV. In addition, we examined the effect of TNF-alpha on HUVEC monolayer leakage. Our results reveal that although TNF-alpha decreases accumulation of viral nucleoproteins, TNF-alpha levels do not change in SNV-infected cells. In addition, supernatants from SNV-infected human alveolar macrophages did not cause a significant increase in endothelial monolayer permeability.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11090198 PMCID: PMC112481 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.24.11966-11971.2000
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103