| Literature DB >> 14638808 |
Fangli Lu1, Shiguang Huang, Lloyd H Kasper.
Abstract
To understand the role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) in ocular toxoplasmosis, we compared C57BL/6 (B6) and BALB/c background mice lacking a functional IL-10 gene (IL-10(-/-)) and B6 transgenic mice expressing IL-10 under the control of the IL-2 promoter. Increased cellular infiltration and necrosis were observed in the eye tissue of IL-10(-/-) mice of both the B6 and BALB/c backgrounds with associated changes in the levels of cytokines in serum. In contrast, there was no evidence of necrosis in the eye tissue from IL-10 transgenic mice following parasite exposure. Our results demonstrate that IL-10 is important in the regulation of inflammation during acute ocular toxoplasmosis.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14638808 PMCID: PMC308941 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.7159-7163.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441