| Literature DB >> 21056912 |
Marika Nordberg1, Pia Forsberg, Anna Johansson, Dag Nyman, Christian Jansson, Jan Ernerudh, Christina Ekerfelt.
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Aiming to investigate the role of cytotoxic mechanisms in neuroborreliosis (NB), the cytokines IL-2, IL-7, IL-10, IL-12p70, IL-15, GM-CSF and the Th17-cytokine IL-17 were analyzed in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma from NB-patients. NB-patients showed increased levels in CSF compared to controls of all analyzed cytokines except IL-15 but not in plasma. Blood lymphocytes from three NB-patients showed functional cytotoxicity in response to autologous Borrelia-infected macrophages. The findings support a role for cytotoxic mechanisms in the local immune response in NB and in addition suggest an increase of IL-17.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21056912 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.09.028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimmunol ISSN: 0165-5728 Impact factor: 3.478