| Literature DB >> 25980034 |
Aase Berg1, Kari Otterdal2, Sam Patel3, Miguel Gonca3, Catarina David3, Ingvild Dalen4, Stig Nymo5, Margareta Nilsson6, Sofia Nordling7, Peetra U Magnusson7, Thor Ueland8, Mauro Prato9, Giuliana Giribaldi10, Tom Eirik Mollnes11, Pål Aukrust12, Nina Langeland13, Per H Nilsson6.
Abstract
The impact of complement activation and its possible relation to cytokine responses during malaria pathology was investigated in plasma samples from patients with confirmed Plasmodium falciparum malaria and in human whole-blood specimens stimulated with malaria-relevant agents ex vivo. Complement was significantly activated in the malaria cohort, compared with healthy controls, and was positively correlated with disease severity and with certain cytokines, in particular interleukin 8 (IL-8)/CXCL8. This was confirmed in ex vivo-stimulated blood specimens, in which complement inhibition significantly reduced IL-8/CXCL8 release. P. falciparum malaria is associated with systemic complement activation and complement-dependent release of inflammatory cytokines, of which IL-8/CXCL8 is particularly prominent.Entities:
Keywords: C5a/C5aR1; IL-8/CXCL8; Plasmodium falciparum; complement activation; cytokines; heme; hemozoin; inflammation; malaria
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25980034 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv283
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226