| Literature DB >> 1847096 |
M Bharadwaj1, N Khanna, A Mathur, U C Chaturvedi.
Abstract
Depression of serum iron following Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection was observed in mice. The hypoferraemia was associated with the accumulation of iron in reticulo-endothelial cells in the spleen. Splenectomy (compared with sham-operation) prevented the depression in serum iron concentration after JEV infection. It also prevented the rise in levels of liver iron. The effect of JEV-stimulated, splenic macrophage-derived factor (MDF) was evaluated in causing hypoferraemia. MDF produced a rapid reduction in the serum iron levels with accumulation of iron in spleen. These observations suggest that MDF plays a key role in the regulation of iron metabolism during JEV infection.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1847096 PMCID: PMC1535269 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb05617.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330