| Literature DB >> 15908405 |
Hongyan Diao1, Masashi Kohanawa.
Abstract
During a Streptococcus pyogenes infection in interleukin-6 (IL-6)-deficient mice, there is elevation of serum tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) levels, muscular necrosis, and death compared with infection of C57BL/6 mice. Anti-TNF-alpha monoclonal antibody treatment decreased mortality and muscular necrosis in the infected IL-6-deficient mice. These results suggest that IL-6 plays a crucial protective role via suppression of TNF-alpha production in S. pyogenes infection.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15908405 PMCID: PMC1111866 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3745-3748.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441