| Literature DB >> 15780577 |
Rong-Fu Chen1, Jien-Wei Liu, Wen-Ting Yeh, Lin Wang, Jen-Chieh Chang, Hong-Ren Yu, Jiin-Tsuey Cheng, Kuender D Yang.
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To investigate whether dengue-2 patients with and without dengue hemorrhagic fever had different virus load, immune mediators, or T helper (Th) reaction, we simultaneously measured virus load, immune mediators and the Th1/Th2 transcription factors T-bet/GATA-3 mRNA expression in a large outbreak of dengue-2 infections in Southern Taiwan. Results showed that virus load was not significantly different between patients with and without dengue hemorrhagic fever. Patients with dengue fever had higher IFN-gamma levels, but patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever had significantly higher IL-10 levels. Further studies showed that patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever had a significantly lower T-bet than those with dengue fever, but GATA-3 mRNA expression in peripheral blood leukocytes was not significant difference between both groups. In conclusion, altered Th1 reaction as reflected by lower T-bet mRNA expression associated with higher IL-10 levels might be involved in the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15780577 DOI： 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.11.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol ISSN： 0928-8244