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Lee MJ, Blish CA. Defining the role of natural killer cells in COVID-19. Nat Immunol 2023; 24:1628-1638. [PMID: 37460639 PMCID: PMC10538371 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-023-01560-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells are critical effectors of antiviral immunity. Researchers have therefore sought to characterize the NK cell response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The NK cells of patients with severe COVID-19 undergo extensive phenotypic and functional changes. For example, the NK cells from critically ill patients with COVID-19 are highly activated and exhausted, with poor cytotoxic function and cytokine production upon stimulation. The NK cell response to SARS-CoV-2 is also modulated by changes induced in virally infected cells, including the ability of a viral peptide to bind HLA-E, preventing NK cells from receiving inhibitory signals, and the downregulation of major histocompatibility complex class I and ligands for the activating receptor NKG2D. These changes have important implications for the ability of infected cells to escape NK cell killing. The implications of these findings for antibody-dependent NK cell activity in COVID-19 are also reviewed. Despite these advances in the understanding of the NK cell response to SARS-CoV-2, there remain critical gaps in our current understanding and a wealth of avenues for future research on this topic.
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- Madeline J Lee
- Stanford Immunology Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Fiestas Solórzano VE, de Lima RC, de Azeredo EL. The Role of Growth Factors in the Pathogenesis of Dengue: A Scoping Review. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11101179. [PMID: 36297236 PMCID: PMC9608673 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11101179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Growth factors (GFs) have a role in tissue repair and in the modulation of the expression of inflammatory cells in damage caused by pathogens. This study aims to systematize the evidence on the role of GFs in the pathogenesis of dengue. This scoping review considered all published peer-reviewed studies in the MEDLINE and Embase databases. Ultimately, 58 studies that analyzed GFs in dengue patients, published between 1998 and 2021, were included. DENV-2 infection and secondary infection were more frequent in the patients studied. ELISA and multiplex immunoassay (Luminex) were the most used measurement techniques. Increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor, granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, transforming growth factor beta, and hepatocyte growth factor as well as reduced levels of platelet-derived growth factor and epidermal growth factor were observed in severe dengue in most studies. Vascular endothelial growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor were identified as biomarkers of severity. In addition, there is evidence that the dengue virus can use the growth factor pathway to facilitate its entry into the cell and promote its viral replication. The use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors is an alternative treatment for dengue that is being studied.
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Gs T, Aa A, Lr T, D CL, Oc M, Rs A, Mc W, Em DS. Suppression of TGF-β/Smad2 signaling by GW788388 enhances DENV-2 clearance in macrophages. J Med Virol 2022; 94:4359-4368. [PMID: 35596058 PMCID: PMC9544077 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Dengue fever, caused by the dengue virus (DENV‐1, −2, −3, and −4), affects millions of people in the tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Severe dengue is correlated with high viraemia and cytokine storm, such as high levels of transforming growth factor‐β1 (TGF‐β1) in the patient's serum. Here, the TGF‐β1 signaling was investigated in the context of in vitro viral clearance. Macrophages were infected with DENV‐2 at MOI 5 and treated with the TGF‐β receptor 1 and 2 inhibitor, GW788388. TGF‐β1 expression, signal transduction and viral load were evaluated 48 h after DENV‐2 infection by enzyme‐linked immunoassay, immunofluorescence, and RT‐qPCR assays. Total TGF‐β1 level was reduced in 15% after DENV‐2 infection, but the secretion of its biologically active form increased threefold during infection, which was followed by the phosphorylation of Smad2 protein. Phosphorylation of Smad2 was reduced by treatment with GW788388 and it was correlated with reduced cytokine production. Importantly, treatment led to a dose‐dependent reduction in viral load, ranging from 6.6 × 105 RNA copies/ml in untreated cultures to 2.3 × 103 RNA copies/ml in cultures treated with 2 ng/ml of GW788388. The anti‐TGF‐β1 antibody treatment also induced a significant reduction in viral load to 1.6 × 103 RNA copies/ml. On the other hand, the addition of recombinant TGF‐β1 in infected cultures promoted an increase in viral load to 7.0 × 106 RNA copies/ml. These results support that TGF‐β1 plays a significant role in DENV‐2 replication into macrophages and suggest that targeting TGF‐β1 may represent an alternative therapeutic strategy to be explored in dengue infection.
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- Teixeira Gs
- Laboratório de Morfologia e Morfogênese Viral
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- Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoário
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- Plataforma de PCR em Tempo Real RPT09A, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Doenças Endêmicas
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- Laboratório de Genômica Funcional e Bioinformática; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genômica Funcional e Bioinformática; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Morfologia e Morfogênese Viral.,Laboratório de Virologia Molecular
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Liu YE, Saul S, Rao AM, Robinson ML, Agudelo Rojas OL, Sanz AM, Verghese M, Solis D, Sibai M, Huang CH, Sahoo MK, Gelvez RM, Bueno N, Estupiñan Cardenas MI, Villar Centeno LA, Rojas Garrido EM, Rosso F, Donato M, Pinsky BA, Einav S, Khatri P. An 8-gene machine learning model improves clinical prediction of severe dengue progression. Genome Med 2022; 14:33. [PMID: 35346346 PMCID: PMC8959795 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-022-01034-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Each year 3-6 million people develop life-threatening severe dengue (SD). Clinical warning signs for SD manifest late in the disease course and are nonspecific, leading to missed cases and excess hospital burden. Better SD prognostics are urgently needed. METHODS We integrated 11 public datasets profiling the blood transcriptome of 365 dengue patients of all ages and from seven countries, encompassing biological, clinical, and technical heterogeneity. We performed an iterative multi-cohort analysis to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between non-severe patients and SD progressors. Using only these DEGs, we trained an XGBoost machine learning model on public data to predict progression to SD. All model parameters were "locked" prior to validation in an independent, prospectively enrolled cohort of 377 dengue patients in Colombia. We measured expression of the DEGs in whole blood samples collected upon presentation, prior to SD progression. We then compared the accuracy of the locked XGBoost model and clinical warning signs in predicting SD. RESULTS We identified eight SD-associated DEGs in the public datasets and built an 8-gene XGBoost model that accurately predicted SD progression in the independent validation cohort with 86.4% (95% CI 68.2-100) sensitivity and 79.7% (95% CI 75.5-83.9) specificity. Given the 5.8% proportion of SD cases in this cohort, the 8-gene model had a positive and negative predictive value (PPV and NPV) of 20.9% (95% CI 16.7-25.6) and 99.0% (95% CI 97.7-100.0), respectively. Compared to clinical warning signs at presentation, which had 77.3% (95% CI 58.3-94.1) sensitivity and 39.7% (95% CI 34.7-44.9) specificity, the 8-gene model led to an 80% reduction in the number needed to predict (NNP) from 25.4 to 5.0. Importantly, the 8-gene model accurately predicted subsequent SD in the first three days post-fever onset and up to three days prior to SD progression. CONCLUSIONS The 8-gene XGBoost model, trained on heterogeneous public datasets, accurately predicted progression to SD in a large, independent, prospective cohort, including during the early febrile stage when SD prediction remains clinically difficult. The model has potential to be translated to a point-of-care prognostic assay to reduce dengue morbidity and mortality without overwhelming limited healthcare resources.
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- Yiran E. Liu
- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Cancer Biology Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Immunology Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.477264.4Clinical Research Center, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- Centro de Atención y Diagnóstico de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CDI), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Centro de Atención y Diagnóstico de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CDI), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- grid.477264.4Clinical Research Center, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia ,grid.477264.4Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA Stanford, USA
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Rossi ÁD, Higa LM, Herlinger AL, Ribeiro-Alves M, de Menezes MT, Giannini ALM, Cardoso CC, Da Poian AT, Tanuri A, Aguiar RS. Differential Expression of Human MicroRNAs During Dengue Virus Infection in THP-1 Monocytes. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:714088. [PMID: 34568093 PMCID: PMC8455953 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.714088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Dengue virus (DENV) is the most widespread arbovirus, responsible for a wide range of clinical manifestations, varying from self-limited illness to severe hemorrhagic fever. Dengue severity is associated with host intense proinflammatory response and monocytes have been considered one of the key cell types involved in the early steps of DENV infection and immunopathogenesis. To better understand cellular mechanisms involved in monocyte infection by DENV, we analyzed the expression levels of 754 human microRNAs in DENV-infected THP-1 cells, a human monocytic cell line. Eleven human microRNAs showed differential expression after DENV infection and gene ontology and enrichment analysis revealed biological processes potentially affected by these molecules. Five downregulated microRNAs were significantly linked to cellular response to stress, four to cell death/apoptosis, two to innate immune responses and one upregulated to vesicle mediated, TGF-β signaling, phosphatidylinositol mediated signaling, lipid metabolism process and blood coagulation.
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- Átila Duque Rossi
- Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Laboratório de Bioquímica de Vírus, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST/AIDS, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genômica Funcional e Transdução de Sinal, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica de Vírus, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Laboratório de Biologia Integrativa, Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Gonçalves Pereira MH, Figueiredo MM, Queiroz CP, Magalhães TVB, Mafra A, Diniz LMO, da Costa ÚL, Gollob KJ, Antonelli LRDV, Santiago HDC. T-cells producing multiple combinations of IFNγ, TNF and IL10 are associated with mild forms of dengue infection. Immunology 2020; 160:90-102. [PMID: 32128816 DOI: 10.1111/imm.13185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Multifunctional interleukin 10 (IL10)+ Th1 cells have been implicated in favorable evolution of many infectious diseases, promoting an efficacious immune response while limiting immunopathology. Here, we investigated the presence of multifunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells that expressed interferon gamma (IFNγ), IL10 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), or its combinations during dengue infection. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from outpatients with dengue (mild dengue forms) and hospitalized patients (or patients with dengue with warning signs and severe dengue) were cultured in the presence of envelope (ENV) or NS3 peptide libraries of DENV during critical (hospitalization period) and convalescence phases. The production of IFNγ, IL10 and TNF by CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells was assessed by flow cytometry. Our data show that patients with mild dengue, when compared with patients with dengue with warning signs and severe dengue, presented higher frequencies of multifunctional T-cells like NS3-specific IFNγ/IL10-producing CD4+ T-cells in critical phase and NS3- and ENV-specific CD8+ T-cells producing IFNγ/IL10. In addition, NS3-specific CD8+ T-cells producing high levels of IFNγ/TNF and IFNγ/TNF/IL10 were also observed in the mild dengue group. We observed that multifunctional T-cells produced higher levels of cytokines as measured by intracellular content when compared with single producer T-cells. Importantly, multifunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells producing IFNγ, TNF and IL10 simultaneously displayed positive correlation with platelet levels, suggesting a protective role of this population. The presence of IL10+ Th1 and IL10+ Tc1 multifunctional cells was associated with mild dengue presentation, suggesting that these cells play a role in clinical evolution of dengue infection.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Hospital Metropolitano Odilon Behrens, Fundação Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- International Research Center, A. C. Camargo Câncer Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.,Center for Immunization Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Kuczera D, Assolini JP, Tomiotto-Pellissier F, Pavanelli WR, Silveira GF. Highlights for Dengue Immunopathogenesis: Antibody-Dependent Enhancement, Cytokine Storm, and Beyond. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2019; 38:69-80. [PMID: 29443656 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2017.0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Infection with dengue virus (DENV) can lead to a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from asymptomatic infection to death. It is estimated that the disease manifests only in 90 million cases out of the total 390 million yearly infections. Even though research has not yet elucidated which are the precise pathophysiological mechanisms that trigger severe forms of dengue, the infection elicits a critical immune response significant for dengue pathogenesis development. Understanding how the immune response to DENV is established and how it can resolve the infection or turn into an immunopathology is of great importance in DENV research. Currently, studies have extensively debated 2 hypotheses involving immune response: antibody-dependent enhancement and cytokine storm. However, despite its undeniable importance in severe forms of the disease, these 2 hypotheses are based on a primed immune status resulting from previous heterologous infection, abstaining them from explaining the severe forms of dengue in naive immune subjects, for example. Thus, it seems that a more intricate arrangement of causes and conditions must be achieved to severe dengue to occur. Among them, the cytokine network signature elicited, in association with viral aspects deserves special attention regarding the establishment of infection and evolution to pathogenesis. In this work, we intend to shed light on how those elements contribute to severe dengue development.
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- Diogo Kuczera
- 1 Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas , ICC/Fiocruz/PR, Curitiba, Brazil
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- 2 Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas , Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- 2 Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas , Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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- 2 Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas , Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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Pong LY, Parkkinen S, Dhanoa A, Gan HM, Wickremesinghe IAC, Syed Hassan S. MicroRNA profiling of mouse liver in response to DENV-1 infection by deep sequencing. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6697. [PMID: 31065454 PMCID: PMC6482938 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Dengue caused by dengue virus (DENV) serotypes -1 to -4 is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the tropical and sub-tropical countries worldwide. Yet many of the pathophysiological mechanisms of host responses during DENV infection remain largely unknown and incompletely understood. METHODS Using a mouse model, the miRNA expressions in liver during DENV-1 infection was investigated using high throughput miRNA sequencing. The differential expressions of miRNAs were then validated by qPCR, followed by target genes prediction. The identified miRNA targets were subjected to gene ontology (GO) annotation and pathway enrichment analysis to elucidate the potential biological pathways and molecular mechanisms associated with DENV-1 infection. RESULTS A total of 224 and 372 miRNAs out of 433 known mouse miRNAs were detected in the livers of DENV-1-infected and uninfected mice, respectively; of these, 207 miRNAs were present in both libraries. The miR-148a-3p and miR-122-5p were the two most abundant miRNAs in both groups. Thirty-one miRNAs were found to have at least 2-fold change in upregulation or downregulation, in which seven miRNAs were upregulated and 24 miRNAs were downregulated in the DENV-1-infected mouse livers. The miR-1a-3p was found to be the most downregulated miRNA in the DENV-1-infected mouse livers, with a significant fold change of 0.10. To validate the miRNA sequencing result, the expression pattern of 12 miRNAs, which were highly differentially expressed or most abundant, were assessed by qPCR and nine of them correlated positively with the one observed in deep sequencing. In silico functional analysis revealed that the adaptive immune responses involving TGF-beta, MAPK, PI3K-Akt, Rap1, Wnt and Ras signalling pathways were modulated collectively by 23 highly differentially expressed miRNAs during DENV-1 infection. CONCLUSION This study provides the first insight into the global miRNA expressions of mouse livers in response to DENV-1 infection in vivo and the possible roles of miRNAs in modulating the adaptive immune responses during DENV-1 infection.
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- Lian Yih Pong
- Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
- Infectious Diseases and Health Cluster, Tropical Medicine and Biology Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland
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- Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
- Infectious Diseases and Health Cluster, Tropical Medicine and Biology Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
- Infectious Diseases and Health Cluster, Tropical Medicine and Biology Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
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Phuong NTN, Manh DH, Dumre SP, Mizukami S, Weiss LN, Van Thuong N, Ha TTN, Phuc LH, Van An T, Tieu TM, Kamel MG, Morra ME, Huong VTQ, Huy NT, Hirayama K. Plasma cell-free DNA: a potential biomarker for early prediction of severe dengue. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2019; 18:10. [PMID: 30871553 PMCID: PMC6419393 DOI: 10.1186/s12941-019-0309-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Considerable progress has been made in dengue management, however the lack of appropriate predictors of severity has led to huge number of unwanted admissions mostly decided on the grounds of warning signs. Apoptosis related mediators, among others, are known to correlate with severe dengue (SD) although no predictive validity is established. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) with SD, and evaluate its prognostic value in SD prediction at acute phase. Methods This was a hospital-based prospective cohort study conducted in Vietnam. All the recruited patients were required to be admitted to the hospital and were strictly monitored for various laboratory and clinical parameters (including progression to SD) until discharged. Plasma samples collected during acute phase (6–48 h before defervescence) were used to estimate the level of cfDNA. Results Of the 61 dengue patients, SD patients (n = 8) developed shock syndrome in 4.8 days (95% CI 3.7–5.4) after the fever onset. Plasma cfDNA levels before the defervescence of SD patients were significantly higher than the non-SD group (p = 0.0493). From the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, a cut-off of > 36.9 ng/mL was able to predict SD with a good sensitivity (87.5%), specificity (54.7%), and area under the curve (AUC) (0.72, 95% CI 0.55–0.88; p = 0.0493). Conclusions Taken together, these findings suggest that cfDNA could serve as a potential prognostic biomarker of SD. Studies with cfDNA kinetics and its combination with other biomarkers and clinical parameters would further improve the diagnostic ability for SD. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12941-019-0309-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong
- Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.,Health Innovation Course, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.,Global Leader Nurturing Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Nguyen Dinh Chieu Hospital, Ben Tre Province, Vietnam
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- Nguyen Dinh Chieu Hospital, Ben Tre Province, Vietnam
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- Online research Club (www.onlineresearchclub.org/), Nagasaki, Japan.,Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Online research Club (www.onlineresearchclub.org/), Nagasaki, Japan.,Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Online research Club (www.onlineresearchclub.org/), Nagasaki, Japan.,Faculty of Medicine, Alazhar University, Cairo, 11884, Egypt
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Evidence Based Medicine Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. .,Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam. .,Department of Clinical Product Development, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan.
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. .,Global Leader Nurturing Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Barros TADC, Batista DDO, Torrentes de Carvalho A, Costa Faria NRD, Barreto-Vieira DF, Jácome FC, Barth OM, Nogueira RMR, Neves PCDC, Matos DCDS, Leal de Azeredo E, Vieira Damasco P, Cunha RVD, de-Oliveira-Pinto LM. Different aspects of platelet evaluation in dengue: Measurement of circulating mediators, ability to interact with the virus, the degree of activation and quantification of intraplatelet protein content. Virus Res 2018; 260:163-172. [PMID: 30282001 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2018.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Platelets play a role in hemostasis, coagulation, angiogenesis, inflammation and immune response is one of the most affected cells in dengue. Here we describe some aspects of platelets by observing their specific circulating mediators, the ability to interact with the virus and morphological consequences of this interaction, activation markers and intraplatelet protein contents in dengue. We conducted this study using dengue-patients as well as healthy donors. Immunoenzymatic assay, flow cytometry, transmission electron microscopy and intraplatelet proteins expression assays were carried out. Briefly, we found an increase in sCD62L, NO or TBX2 ratio in platelet count, mostly in patients with the worse clinical outcome. After in vitro DENV infection or during natural infection, platelets underwent morphological alteration with increased expression of platelet activation markers, particularly in natural infections. Analysis of intraplatelet protein contents revealed different angiogenic and inflammatory profiles, maintaining or not extracellular matrix integrity between DF and DFWS patients. Thus, platelets are frequently affected by dengue, either by altering their own functionality, as "carrier" of the virus, or as an antiviral and mediator-secreting effector cell. Thus, strategies aimed at recovering platelet amounts in dengue seem to be essential for a better clinical outcome of the patients.
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- Tamiris Azamor da Costa Barros
- Laboratory of Viral Immunology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Laboratory of Immunological Technology, Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos Bio-Manguinhos, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Viral Morphology and Morphogenesis, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Viral Morphology and Morphogenesis, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunological Technology, Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos Bio-Manguinhos, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunological Technology, Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos Bio-Manguinhos, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Rio-Laranjeiras Hospital, Gaffrée Guinle University Hospital (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Pedro Ernesto University Hospital (University of the State of Rio de Janeiro), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of the Mato Grosso do Sul University Hospital (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul), Campo Grande, Brazil
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Ng D, Ghosh A, Jit M, Seneviratne SL. Mini-review: Can non-human leucocyte antigen genes determine susceptibility to severe dengue syndromes? Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2018; 111:384-392. [DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trx075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Huang CH, Chang YH, Lin CY, Wang WH, Kuan HC, Hsieh YJ, Wang YW, Yang CH, Chiu JY, Tsai SF, Chen YH, Liu HH. Shared IgG Infection Signatures vs. Hemorrhage-Restricted IgA Clusters in Human Dengue: A Phenotype of Differential Class-Switch via TGFβ1. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1726. [PMID: 29255469 PMCID: PMC5723002 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Phenotypic manifestations of infectious diseases are closely related to individual immune responses. Methods to extract information from patients' own immune reactions would be of great use for both diagnosis and treatment. Dengue fever is one of the diseases that clinical aggravations could occur paradoxically after humoral immunity appears. This property makes dengue fever an excellent disease model to explore. A principal component analyses (PCAs)-based framework derived from a prior vaccination study was developed. The framework was verified by successful demonstrations of known IgG signatures from a Mexico Dengue data set. Afterward the pipeline was tested upon de novo IgG and IgA libraries of Dengue patients from southern Taiwan. We discovered four infection signatures within IgG repertoires, two of which were identical to previous reports. However, it was IgA but not IgG that could differentiate hemorrhagic from non-hemorrhagic patients. IgA repertoires were found more diversified among bleeders, from whom seven signature clusters were characterized. The expressions of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFβ1) and accordingly mediated class-switch activity of IgA were distinct only among the PCA-segregated bleeding group. In sum, intercontinental sharing of IgG signatures in dengue fever was demonstrated via a unified working flow. Differential regulation of IgA class-switch with associated diversity expansion plus existences of hemorrhage-restricted clusters were shown. The ability of the framework to find common IgG signatures would implicate applications to infections even from unknown pathogens. The clusters within IgA repertoires could offer perspectives to other IgA-related bleeding disorders such as Henoch-Schönlein purpura or IgA nephropathy. Substantiated grounds for IgA-specific effector function via TGFβ1-mediated class-switch would be a new factor to consider for infectious diseases.
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- Chung-Hao Huang
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sepsis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sepsis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sepsis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, HsinChu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.,Pediatrics, En Chu Kong Hospital, Sanxia, Taiwan
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Soo KM, Khalid B, Ching SM, Tham CL, Basir R, Chee HY. Meta-analysis of biomarkers for severe dengue infections. PeerJ 2017; 5:e3589. [PMID: 28929009 PMCID: PMC5602679 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dengue viral infection is an acute infection that has the potential to have severe complications as its major sequela. Currently, there is no routine laboratory biomarker with which to predict the severity of dengue infection or monitor the effectiveness of standard management. Hence, this meta-analysis compared biomarker levels between dengue fever (DF) and severe dengue infections (SDI) to identify potential biomarkers for SDI. METHODS Data concerning levels of cytokines, chemokines, and other potential biomarkers of DF, dengue hemorrhagic fever, dengue shock syndrome, and severe dengue were obtained for patients of all ages and populations using the Scopus, PubMed, and Ovid search engines. The keywords "(IL1* or IL-1*) AND (dengue*)" were used and the same process was repeated for other potential biomarkers, according to Medical Subject Headings terms suggested by PubMed and Ovid. Meta-analysis of the mean difference in plasma or serum level of biomarkers between DF and SDI patients was performed, separated by different periods of time (days) since fever onset. Subgroup analyses comparing biomarker levels of healthy plasma and sera controls, biomarker levels of primary and secondary infection samples were also performed, as well as analyses of different levels of severity and biomarker levels upon infection by different dengue serotypes. RESULTS Fifty-six studies of 53 biomarkers from 3,739 dengue cases (2,021 DF and 1,728 SDI) were included in this meta-analysis. Results showed that RANTES, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-18, TGF-b, and VEGFR2 levels were significantly different between DF and SDI. IL-8, IL-10, and IL-18 levels increased during SDI (95% CI, 18.1-253.2 pg/mL, 3-13 studies, n = 177-1,909, I2 = 98.86%-99.75%). In contrast, RANTES, IL-7, TGF-b, and VEGFR2 showed a decrease in levels during SDI (95% CI, -3238.7 to -3.2 pg/mL, 1-3 studies, n = 95-418, I2 = 97.59%-99.99%). Levels of these biomarkers were also found to correlate with the severity of the dengue infection, in comparison to healthy controls. Furthermore, the results showed that IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, TGF-b, and VEGFR2 display peak differences between DF and SDI during or before the critical phase (day 4-5) of SDI. DISCUSSION This meta-analysis suggests that IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, TGF-b, and VEGFR2 may be used as potential early laboratory biomarkers in the diagnosis of SDI. This can be used to predict the severity of dengue infection and to monitor the effectiveness of treatment. Nevertheless, methodological and reporting limitations must be overcome in future research to minimize variables that affect the results and to confirm the findings.
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- Kuan-Meng Soo
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Halsey ES, Baldeviano GC, Edgel KA, Vilcarromero S, Sihuincha M, Lescano AG. Symptoms and Immune Markers in Plasmodium/Dengue Virus Co-infection Compared with Mono-infection with Either in Peru. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016; 10:e0004646. [PMID: 27128316 PMCID: PMC4851334 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Malaria and dengue are two of the most common vector-borne diseases in the world, but co-infection is rarely described, and immunologic comparisons of co-infection with mono-infection are lacking. Methodology and Principal Findings We collected symptom histories and blood specimens from subjects in a febrile illness surveillance study conducted in Iquitos and Puerto Maldonado, Peru, between 2002–2011. Nineteen symptoms and 18 immune markers at presentation were compared among those with co-infection with Plasmodium/dengue virus (DENV), Plasmodium mono-infection, and DENV mono-infection. Seventeen subjects were identified as having Plasmodium/DENV co-infection and were retrospectively matched with 51 DENV mono-infected and 44 Plasmodium mono-infected subjects. Those with Plasmodium mono-infection had higher levels of IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, IL-13, IL-17A, IFN-γ, and MIP1-α/CCL3 compared with DENV mono-infection or co-infection; those with Plasmodium mono-infection had more cough than those with DENV mono-infection. Subjects with DENV mono-infection had higher levels of TGF-β1 and more myalgia than those with Plasmodium mono-infection. No symptom was more common and no immune marker level was higher in the co-infected group, which had similar findings to the DENV mono-infected subjects. Conclusions/Significance Compared with mono-infection with either pathogen, Plasmodium/DENV co-infection was not associated with worse disease and resembled DENV mono-infection in both symptom frequency and immune marker level. Dengue and malaria are two of the most important diseases spread by mosquitoes. Clinical manifestations of both febrile diseases overlap considerably, and either can be fatal. In addition, they are co-endemic in many places throughout the world. Despite this, only a handful of reports of co-infection with dengue virus and Plasmodium species are reported in the literature. Through our febrile surveillance program in the Peruvian Amazon, we were able to retrospectively identify 17 cases of co-infection with dengue virus and Plasmodium. Our study aimed to assess whether co-infection was associated with more symptoms or a different immune response compared with mono-infection alone. To answer this question, we utilized data and blood specimens collected during the acute presentation of these 17 subjects and compared them to a matched group of subjects with either dengue virus mono-infection or Plasmodium mono-infection. Our findings indicate co-infection with both pathogens was not associated with more symptoms and the immune profile of co-infection resembled dengue virus mono-infection more than Plasmodium mono-infection.
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- Eric S Halsey
- Virology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima and Iquitos, Peru.,The President's Malaria Initiative, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.,Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Parasitology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru
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- Virology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima and Iquitos, Peru
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital de Apoyo, DISA-Loreto, Iquitos, Peru
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- Parasitology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru.,School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Serum levels of IL-8, IFNγ, IL-10, and TGF β and their gene expression levels in severe and non-severe cases of dengue virus infection. Arch Virol 2015; 160:1463-75. [PMID: 25860648 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-015-2410-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/28/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Increased serum and mRNA levels of cytokines in patients with dengue virus (DV) infection suggest that cytokines are one of the key factors in the pathogenesis of disease caused by this virus. Here, we tested 211 serum and 56 mRNA samples from an equal number of dengue cases to determine the levels of interleukin-8 (IL-8), interferon gamma (IFN-γ), interleukin-10 (IL-10) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β). A total 70 serum and 15 mRNA samples from healthy individual were also tested for cytokines and served as controls. Serum and mRNA levels of IL-8 were highest in the earlier days of dengue infection. IFNγ levels peaked one or two days before defervescence. Levels of IL-10 and TGF-β were highest later in dengue infection, and TGF-β levels peaked on the day of defervescence. Mean levels of IFNγ, TGF β and IL-10 were higher in samples from dengue cases, irrespective of severity, than in healthy controls. In contrast, the level of IL-8 was significantly higher in samples from severe dengue cases and lower in cases of dengue without warning signs than in healthy controls. Children (82.2 % of 101 paediatric cases) commonly had severe dengue illness. Samples that were positive for anti-DV IgG antibody had higher levels of IL-8 and TGF β. DV-2 infections were associated with severe dengue illness. IL-8 and IFNγ levels were higher in the presence of warning signs of severe dengue. Levels of IL-8, IL-10 and TGF β were independently associated with disease outcome. These data provide evidence of an association of IL-8, IFNγ, TGF β and IL-10 levels with the severity of dengue illness. Especially, IL-8 levels can be used as a predictor of severe DV infection.
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Yeo ASL, Azhar NA, Yeow W, Talbot CC, Khan MA, Shankar EM, Rathakrishnan A, Azizan A, Wang SM, Lee SK, Fong MY, Manikam R, Sekaran SD. Lack of clinical manifestations in asymptomatic dengue infection is attributed to broad down-regulation and selective up-regulation of host defence response genes. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92240. [PMID: 24727912 PMCID: PMC3984081 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Objectives Dengue represents one of the most serious life-threatening vector-borne infectious diseases that afflicts approximately 50 million people across the globe annually. Whilst symptomatic infections are frequently reported, asymptomatic dengue remains largely unnoticed. Therefore, we sought to investigate the immune correlates conferring protection to individuals that remain clinically asymptomatic. Methods We determined the levels of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) and gene expression profiles of host immune factors in individuals with asymptomatic infections, and whose cognate household members showed symptoms consistent to clinical dengue infection. Results We observed broad down-regulation of host defense response (innate, adaptive and matrix metalloprotease) genes in asymptomatic individuals as against symptomatic patients, with selective up-regulation of distinct genes that have been associated with protection. Selected down-regulated genes include: TNF α (TNF), IL8, C1S, factor B (CFB), IL2, IL3, IL4, IL5, IL8, IL9, IL10 and IL13, CD80, CD28, and IL18, MMP8, MMP10, MMP12, MMP15, MMP16, and MMP24. Selected up-regulated genes include: RANTES (CCL5), MIP-1α (CCL3L1/CCL3L3), MIP-1β (CCL4L1), TGFβ (TGFB), and TIMP1. Conclusion Our findings highlight the potential association of certain host genes conferring protection against clinical dengue. These data are valuable to better explore the mysteries behind the hitherto poorly understood immunopathogenesis of subclinical dengue infection.
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- Adeline S. L. Yeo
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine & Centre for Bioinformatics, MARDI Complex, Jalan MAEPS Perdana, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine & Centre for Bioinformatics, MARDI Complex, Jalan MAEPS Perdana, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine & Centre for Bioinformatics, MARDI Complex, Jalan MAEPS Perdana, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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- Institute for Medical Molecular Biotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The promoter region (G-800A and C-509T) polymorphisms of transforming growth factor-β1 gene among young women with recurrent urinary tract infection. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HUMAN GENETICS 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmhg.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Vazquez S, Lozano C, Perez AB, Castellanos Y, Ruiz D, Calzada N, Guzmán MG. Dengue specific immunoglobulins M, A, and E in primary and secondary dengue 4 infected Salvadorian children. J Med Virol 2013; 86:1576-83. [PMID: 24615872 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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El Salvador is a Central American country that has been affected by several dengue outbreaks. This study investigated the levels of IgM, IgA, and IgE anti-dengue antibodies in serum samples from children in El Salvador, with a clinical and serological diagnosis of dengue infection during the dengue 4 outbreak in 2002-2003. Seventy one serum samples were tested by ELISA and cases were classified in three groups: 13 primary dengue fever (PDF), 21 secondary dengue fever (SDF), and 37 secondary dengue hemorrhagic fever (SDHF). Also, the specificity of anti-dengue IgM for the different serotypes was tested. No significant differences in the IgM response were found between PDF and SDF, but these were detected between PDF and SDHF (P = 0.0053) and between SDF and SDHF (P = 0.0003). The IgA and IgE values showed a statistically significant difference between primary and secondary groups. The highest positivity percentage of IgA was between 95% (SDF) and 100% (SDHF) towards day 7 of onset of fever. All secondary cases were positive for IgE antibodies. The specificity of IgM was determined for DENV-4 virus in primary and secondary DF groups. This is the first study on dengue cases in Salvadorian children related to the immune response of different immunoglobulins to the type of infection and the clinical picture. Further prospective studies are needed to define if the pattern of immunoglobulins can determine early dengue infection and/or severity.
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- Susana Vazquez
- "Pedro Kourí" Tropical Medicine Institute, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for the Study of Dengue and its Vector, Havana City, Cuba
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Non-HLA gene polymorphisms and their implications on dengue virus infection. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HUMAN GENETICS 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmhg.2012.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Wan SW, Lin CF, Yeh TM, Liu CC, Liu HS, Wang S, Ling P, Anderson R, Lei HY, Lin YS. Autoimmunity in dengue pathogenesis. J Formos Med Assoc 2012; 112:3-11. [PMID: 23332423 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Dengue is one of the most important vector-borne viral diseases. With climate change and the convenience of travel, dengue is spreading beyond its usual tropical and subtropical boundaries. Infection with dengue virus (DENV) causes diseases ranging widely in severity, from self-limited dengue fever to life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Vascular leakage, thrombocytopenia, and hemorrhage are the major clinical manifestations associated with severe DENV infection, yet the mechanisms remain unclear. Besides the direct effects of the virus, immunopathogenesis is also involved in the development of dengue disease. Antibody-dependent enhancement increases the efficiency of virus infection and may suppress type I interferon-mediated antiviral responses. Aberrant activation of T cells and overproduction of soluble factors cause an increase in vascular permeability. DENV-induced autoantibodies against endothelial cells, platelets, and coagulatory molecules lead to their abnormal activation or dysfunction. Molecular mimicry between DENV proteins and host proteins may explain the cross-reactivity of DENV-induced autoantibodies. Although no licensed dengue vaccine is yet available, several vaccine candidates are under development. For the development of a safe and effective dengue vaccine, the immunopathogenic complications of dengue disease need to be considered.
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- Shu-Wen Wan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, 1 University Road,Tainan, Taiwan
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Malavige GN, Huang LC, Salimi M, Gomes L, Jayaratne SD, Ogg GS. Cellular and cytokine correlates of severe dengue infection. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50387. [PMID: 23209731 PMCID: PMC3510251 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background The occurrence of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) is thought to result from a complex interplay between the virus, host genetics and host immune factors. Existing published data are not consistent, in part related to relatively small sample sizes. We set out to determine possible associations between dengue virus (DEN-V) NS3 specific T cells and cytokine and chemokine levels and the pathogenesis of severe disease in a large cohort of individuals with DHF. Methodology/Principal Findings By using ex vivo IFNγ ELISpot assays we determined DENV-NS3 specific responses in patients with varying severity of DHF. Other cytokines produced by DENV-NS3 specific T cells were determined by using multiple bead array analysis (MBAA). We also determined the serum cytokine levels using MBAA, lymphocyte subsets and Annexin V expression of lymphocytes in patients with varying severity of DHF. Of the 112 DHF patients studied, 29 developed shock. Serum IL-10 and IP-10 levels positively and significantly correlated with T cell apoptosis while IL-10 levels inversely correlated with T cell numbers. In contrast, TGFß showed a very significant (P<0.0001) and positive correlation (Spearman’s R = 0.65) with the platelet counts, consistent with platelet release. We found that whilst patients with severe dengue had lower total T cell numbers, the DV-NS3 specific T cells persisted and produced high levels of IFNγ but not TNFα, IL-3, IL-13, IL-2, IL-10 or IL-17. Conclusions/Significance Our data suggest that serum IL-10, TNFα and TGFβ differentially associate with dengue disease severity.
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- Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
- MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
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- MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Gupta N, Srivastava S, Jain A, Chaturvedi UC. Dengue in India. Indian J Med Res 2012; 136:373-90. [PMID: 23041731 PMCID: PMC3510884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Dengue virus belongs to family Flaviviridae, having four serotypes that spread by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. It causes a wide spectrum of illness from mild asymptomatic illness to severe fatal dengue haemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS). Approximately 2.5 billion people live in dengue-risk regions with about 100 million new cases each year worldwide. The cumulative dengue diseases burden has attained an unprecedented proportion in recent times with sharp increase in the size of human population at risk. Dengue disease presents highly complex pathophysiological, economic and ecologic problems. In India, the first epidemic of clinical dengue-like illness was recorded in Madras (now Chennai) in 1780 and the first virologically proved epidemic of dengue fever (DF) occurred in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Eastern Coast of India in 1963-1964. During the last 50 years a large number of physicians have treated and described dengue disease in India, but the scientific studies addressing various problems of dengue disease have been carried out at limited number of centres. Achievements of Indian scientists are considerable; however, a lot remain to be achieved for creating an impact. This paper briefly reviews the extent of work done by various groups of scientists in this country.
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- Department of Microbiology, KG Medical University, Lucknow, India
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- Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India,Reprint requests: Prof. U.C. Chaturvedi, 201-Annapurna Apartments, No.1, Bishop Rocky Street, Faizabad Road, Lucknow 226 007, India e-mail:
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Djamiatun K, Faradz SMH, Setiati TE, Netea MG, van der Ven AJAM, Dolmans WMV. Increase of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and decrease of transforming growth factor-b1 in children with dengue haemorrhagic fever in Indonesia. J Trop Pediatr 2011; 57:424-32. [PMID: 21278057 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Mortality in children with severe dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Indonesia is high. The origin of the elevated plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels in these children is unclear. We measured PAI-1, transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), platelet counts, plasma leakage and liver function in 71 children with DHF (3-15 years old) and in 30 healthy children. We found that PAI-1 concentrations in children with DHF were significantly higher on admission than on Day 2. Circulating TGF-β1 concentrations on admission were significantly lower in DHF than in controls, but on Day 2 increased towards levels in controls. TGF-β1 and PAI-1 concentrations were not correlated on either day. PAI-1 was correlated with platelet count and serum albumin on admission, and with degree of pleural effusion. Liver function tests were mildly elevated but not correlated with PAI-1. In conclusion, elevated PAI-1 concentrations in DHF were associated with platelet counts and plasma leakage.
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- Kis Djamiatun
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Dr Kariadi Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia.
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Perez AB, Sierra B, Garcia G, Aguirre E, Babel N, Alvarez M, Sanchez L, Valdes L, Volk HD, Guzman MG. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha, transforming growth factor-β1, and interleukin-10 gene polymorphisms: implication in protection or susceptibility to dengue hemorrhagic fever. Hum Immunol 2010; 71:1135-40. [PMID: 20732366 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Revised: 07/18/2010] [Accepted: 08/16/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Dengue virus infection has emerged as one of the most important arthropod-borne viral diseases. Some dengue infected individuals develop the severe, life-threatening form of the disease, dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS). Host genetic factors may be relevant and may predispose some individuals to the severe illness. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA), FcγR, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and dendritic cell-specific intracellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN), among others genes have been associated with the pathogenesis of dengue. Little is known, however, about the predictive value of cytokine genotypes for the clinical outcome of dengue infection. In this study, the TNF-α, interleukin (IL)-6, interferon (IFN)-γ, IL-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) were studied by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific primer in a group of individuals with the antecedent of DHF during a secondary infection in the sequence dengue 1/dengue 2. A control group was also included. TNF-α (-308) A allele and IL-10 (-1082/-819/-592) ACC/ATA haplotype were significantly associated with DHF. TNF-α (-308) GG and TGF-β1 (c25) GG genotypes were associated with protection. Our results suggest that genetic predisposition to a high TNF-α production and a low IL-10 production seems to increase the susceptibility to DHF during a secondary dengue 2 infection, whereas TGF-β1 high producers might be protected for developing DHF.
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- Ana B Perez
- PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and its Vector, Institute for Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana, Cuba.
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Dengue viruses (DENV), a group of four serologically distinct but related flaviviruses, are the cause of one of the most important emerging viral diseases. DENV infections result in a wide spectrum of clinical disease including dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), a viral haemorrhagic disease characterised by bleeding and plasma leakage. The characteristic feature of DHF is the transient period of plasma leakage and a haemorrhagic tendency. DHF occurs mostly during a secondary DENV infection. Serotype cross-reactive antibodies and mediators from serotype cross-reactive Dengue-specific T cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis. A complex interaction between virus, host immune response and endothelial cells likely impacts the barrier integrity and functions of endothelial cells leading to plasma leakage. Recently the role of angiogenic factors and the role of dengue virus on endothelial cell transcription and functions have been studied. Insights into the mechanisms that confer protection or cause disease are critical in the development of prophylactic and therapeutic modalities for this important disease.
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- Anon Srikiatkhachorn
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Research, Worcester, MA 01655-0002, USA.
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Chaturvedi UC, Nagar R. Nitric oxide in dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever: necessity or nuisance? FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2009; 56:9-24. [PMID: 19239490 PMCID: PMC7110348 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2009.00544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2008] [Revised: 12/23/2008] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Advances in free radical research show that reactive oxygen and nitrogen oxide species, for example superoxide, nitric oxide (NO) and peroxynitrite, play an important role in the pathogenesis of different viral infections, including dengue virus. The pathogenic mechanism of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) is complicated and is not clearly understood. The hallmarks of the dengue disease, the antibody-dependent enhancement, the shift from T-helper type 1 (Th1) to Th2 cytokine response and the cytokine tsunami resulting in vascular leakage can now be explained much better with the knowledge gained about NO and peroxynitrite. This paper makes an effort to present a synthesis of the current opinions to explain the pathogenesis of DHF/shock syndrome with NO on centre stage.
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Chen RF, Wang L, Cheng JT, Chuang H, Chang JC, Liu JW, Lin IC, Yang KD. Combination of CTLA-4 and TGFbeta1 gene polymorphisms associated with dengue hemorrhagic fever and virus load in a dengue-2 outbreak. Clin Immunol 2009; 131:404-9. [PMID: 19269255 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2009.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Revised: 01/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) has been considered to be massive immune activation of T cells. Abnormal expression of the immune regulatory molecules, CTLA-4 and TGFbeta1, leads to disturbances of regulatory T cell immune response. We investigate the contribution of CTLA-4 and TGFbeta1 in DHF by analyzing them for association with virus load in blood and polymorphisms of CTLA-4 +49A/G, and TGFbeta1 -509C/T in a DEN-2 outbreak. The increased frequency of the TGFbeta1 -509 CC genotype in patients with DHF was compared to those with dengue fever (OR=1.9, p=0.034). Moreover, the presence of the CTLA-4 +49 G allele and TGFbeta1 -509 CC genotype increased the susceptibility to risk of DHF (OR=2.1, p=0.028) and significantly higher virus load (p=0.013). This finding suggests that a combination of CTLA-4 and TGFbeta1 polymorphisms is associated with the susceptibility of DHF and higher virus load.
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- Rong-Fu Chen
- Department of Medical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Basu A, Chaturvedi UC. Vascular endothelium: the battlefield of dengue viruses. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2008; 53:287-99. [PMID: 18522648 PMCID: PMC7110366 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2008.00420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2008] [Revised: 02/22/2008] [Accepted: 04/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Increased vascular permeability without morphological damage to the capillary endothelium is the cardinal feature of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF)/dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Extensive plasma leakage in various tissue spaces and serous cavities of the body, including the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities in patients with DHF, may result in profound shock. Among various mechanisms that have been considered include immune complex disease, T-cell-mediated, antibodies cross-reacting with vascular endothelium, enhancing antibodies, complement and its products, various soluble mediators including cytokines, selection of virulent strains and virus virulence, but the most favoured are enhancing antibodies and memory T cells in a secondary infection resulting in cytokine tsunami. Whatever the mechanism, it ultimately targets vascular endothelium (making it a battlefield) leading to severe dengue disease. Extensive recent work has been done in vitro on endothelial cell monolayer models to understand the pathophysiology of vascular endothelium during dengue virus (DV) infection that may be translated to help understand the pathogenesis of DHF/DSS. The present review provides a broad overview of the effects of DV infection and the associated host responses contributing towards alterations in vascular endothelial cell physiology and damage that may be responsible for the DHF/DSS.
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- Atanu Basu
- National Institute of Virology, Pune, India
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de Kruif MD, Setiati TE, Mairuhu ATA, Koraka P, Aberson HA, Spek CA, Osterhaus ADME, Reitsma PH, Brandjes DPM, Soemantri A, van Gorp ECM. Differential gene expression changes in children with severe dengue virus infections. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2008; 2:e215. [PMID: 18398488 PMCID: PMC2274954 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 02/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The host response to dengue virus infection is characterized by the production of numerous cytokines, but the overall picture appears to be complex. It has been suggested that a balance may be involved between protective and pathologic immune responses. This study aimed to define differential immune responses in association with clinical outcomes by gene expression profiling of a selected panel of inflammatory genes in whole blood samples from children with severe dengue infections. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Whole blood mRNA from 56 Indonesian children with severe dengue virus infections was analyzed during early admission and at day -1, 0, 1, and 5-8 after defervescence. Levels were related to baseline levels collected at a 1-month follow-up visit. Processing of mRNA was performed in a single reaction by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification, measuring mRNA levels from genes encoding 36 inflammatory proteins and 14 Toll-like receptor (TLR)-associated molecules. The inflammatory gene profiles showed up-regulation during infection of eight genes, including IFNG and IL12A, which indicated an antiviral response. On the contrary, genes associated with the nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB pathway were down-regulated, including NFKB1, NFKB2, TNFR1, IL1B, IL8, and TNFA. Many of these NF-kappaB pathway-related genes, but not IFNG or IL12A, correlated with adverse clinical events such as development of pleural effusion and hemorrhagic manifestations. The TLR profile showed that TLRs were differentially activated during severe dengue infections: increased expression of TLR7 and TLR4R3 was found together with a decreased expression of TLR1, TLR2, TLR4R4, and TLR4 co-factor CD14. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE These data show that different immunological pathways are differently expressed and associated with different clinical outcomes in children with severe dengue infections.
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- Martijn D de Kruif
- Department of Internal Medicine, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Chaturvedi UC, Shrivastava R, Tripathi RK, Nagar R. Dengue virus-specific suppressor T cells: current perspectives. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 50:285-99. [PMID: 17573929 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2007.00273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Dengue virus was the first microorganism that was shown to induce generation of antigen-specific suppressor T (TS) cells in mice. The cascade of the three generations of TS cells (TS1, TS2, TS3) and their secretary products, the suppressor factors (SF1, SF2), was delineated. The TS pathway was proposed to be protective through inhibition of the production of enhancing antibody, which may enhance the severity of dengue disease. The currently second most favoured mechanism of severe dengue disease is the 'cytokine tsunami'. During the last decade, suppressor/regulatory T cells have been studied in greater detail using modern techniques in various diseases, including viral infections. This brief review discusses the role of dengue-specific suppressor T cells in protection and/or induction of severe dengue disease in view of our current understanding of suppressor/regulatory T cells.
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Azeredo EL, Zagne SMO, Alvarenga AR, Nogueira RMR, Kubelka CF, de Oliveira-Pinto LM. Activated peripheral lymphocytes with increased expression of cell adhesion molecules and cytotoxic markers are associated with dengue fever disease. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2007; 101:437-49. [PMID: 16951817 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762006000400016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 05/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The immune mechanisms involved in dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic/dengue shock syndrome are not well understood. The ex vivo activation status of immune cells during the dengue disease in patients was examined. CD4 and CD8 T cells were reduced during the acute phase. Interestingly, CD8 T cells co-expressing activation marker HLA-DR, Q, P, and cytolytic granule protein-Tia-1 were significantly higher in dengue patients than in controls. Detection of adhesion molecules indicated that in dengue patients the majority of T cells (CD4 and CD8) express the activation/memory phenotype, characterized as CD44HIGH and lack the expression of the naïve cell marker, CD62L LOW. Also, the levels of T cells co-expressing ICAM-1 (CD54), VLA-4, and LFA-1 (CD11a) were significantly increased. CD8 T lymphocytes expressed predominantly low levels of anti-apoptotic molecule Bcl-2 in the acute phase, possibly leading to the exhibition of a phenotype of activated/effector cells. Circulating levels of IL-18, TGF-b1 and sICAM-1 were significantly elevated in dengue patients. Early activation events occur during acute dengue infection which might contribute to viral clearance. Differences in expression of adhesion molecules among CD4 and CD8 T cells might underlie the selective extravasation of these subsets from blood circulation into lymphoid organs and/or tissues. In addition, activated CD8 T cells would be more susceptible to apoptosis as shown by the alteration in Bcl-2 expression. Cytokines such as IL-18, TGF-b1, and sICAM-1 may be contributing by either stimulating or suppressing the adaptative immune response, during dengue infection, thereby perhaps establishing a relationship with disease severity.
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- Elzinandes L Azeredo
- Laboratório de Imunologia Viral, Departamento de Virologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
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Luplerdlop N, Missé D, Bray D, Deleuze V, Gonzalez JP, Leardkamolkarn V, Yssel H, Veas F. Dengue-virus-infected dendritic cells trigger vascular leakage through metalloproteinase overproduction. EMBO Rep 2006; 7:1176-81. [PMID: 17028575 PMCID: PMC1679776 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2006] [Revised: 08/28/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Dengue virus (DV) is an important re-emerging arthropod-borne virus of global significance. The defining characteristic of DV infection-associated pathology is haemorrhagic fever, which often leads to a fatal shock-like syndrome (DHF/DSS) owing to an increase in vascular endothelial permeability. Here, we show, in a viral dose-dependent manner, that DV-infected immature dendritic cells overproduce soluble gelatinolytic matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9-and to a lesser extent MMP-2-which enhances endothelial permeability, but which are reduced by specific inhibitors and a neutralizing anti-MMP-9 antibody. This permeability was associated with a loss of expression of the platelet endothelial adhesion molecule 1 (PECAM-1) and vascular endothelium (VE)-cadherin cell adhesion molecules and redistribution of F-actin fibres. These in vitro observations were confirmed in an in vivo vascular-leakage mouse model. These results provide a molecular basis for DHF/DSS that could be a basis for a general model of haemorrhagic fever-inducing viruses, and identify a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of viral-induced vascular leakage by specifically targeting gelatinolytic metalloproteases.
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- Natthanej Luplerdlop
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IRD, Immunologie Virale et Moléculaire, UR178 IFR122, 34094 Montpellier, France
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Sciences, Mahidol University, 272 Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IRD, Immunologie Virale et Moléculaire, UR178 IFR122, 34094 Montpellier, France
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- ImmunoClin Ltd, Rowlandson House, 289-293 Ballards Lane, London N12 8PE, UK
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- CNRS UMR 5535, IGMM, 919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IRD, Immunologie Virale et Moléculaire, UR178 IFR122, 34094 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Sciences, Mahidol University, 272 Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- INSERM U 454, 371 rue G Giraud, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IRD, Immunologie Virale et Moléculaire, UR178 IFR122, 34094 Montpellier, France
- Tel: +33 681 416 506; Fax: +33 467 528 380; E-mail:
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Chaturvedi U, Nagar R, Shrivastava R. Dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever: implications of host genetics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 47:155-66. [PMID: 16831202 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2006.00058.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Little is known of the role of human leucocyte antigen (HLA) alleles or non-HLA alleles in determining resistance, susceptibility or the severity of acute viral infections. Dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) are suitable models for immunogenetic studies, yet only superficial efforts have been made to study dengue disease to date. DF and DHF can be caused by both primary and secondary infection by any of the four serotypes of the dengue virus. Differences in host susceptibility to infectious disease and disease severity cannot be attributed solely to the virus virulence. Variations in immune response, often associated with polymorphism in the human genome, can now be detected. Data on the influence of human genes in DF and DHF are discussed here in relation to (1) associations between HLA polymorphism and dengue disease susceptibility or resistance, (2) protective alleles influencing progression to severe disease, (3) alleles restricting CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes, and (4) non-HLA genetic factors that may contribute to DHF evolution. Recent discoveries regarding genetic associations in other viral infections may provide clues to understanding the development of end-stage complications in dengue disease. The scanty positive data presented here indicate a need for detailed genetic studies in different ethnic groups in different countries during the acute phase of DF and DHF on a larger number of patients.
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- Umeshc Chaturvedi
- Department of Microbiology, K.G. Medical University, Lucknow, India.
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Chen RF, Liu JW, Yeh WT, Wang L, Chang JC, Yu HR, Cheng JT, Yang KD. Altered T helper 1 reaction but not increase of virus load in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 44:43-50. [PMID: 15780577 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2004] [Revised: 11/24/2004] [Accepted: 11/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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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.
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- Rong-Fu Chen
- Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Mustafa AS, Elbishbishi EA, Agarwal R, Chaturvedi UC. Elevated levels of interleukin-13 and IL-18 in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2001; 30:229-33. [PMID: 11335143 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2001.tb01575.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-13 is produced by T helper 2 (Th2)-type cells and inhibits the production of proinflammatory cytokines by activated monocytes, while IL-18 is a pleiotropic cytokine that induces interferon-gamma and plays an important role in the development of Th1-type cells. Role of the shift from a Th1-type response to Th2-type has been suggested in the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). This study was undertaken to investigate the possible protective/pathogenic role of IL-13 and IL-18 in patients with DHF. Sera were collected from a total of 84 patients with various grades of dengue illness and 21 normal healthy controls and tested for IL-13 and IL-18 levels using commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits. The results showed that very low levels of IL-13 (4+/-3 pg ml(-1)) and IL-18 (15+/-4 pg ml(-1)) were detected in the sera of healthy controls. In dengue patients, the levels of IL-13 and IL-18 were the highest in the patients with DHF grade IV (205+/-103 pg ml(-1) and 366+/-155 pg ml(-1), respectively) and the lowest in patients with dengue fever (22+/-12 pg ml(-1) and 76+/-50 pg ml(-1), respectively). Both the cytokines appeared (IL-13=20+/-11 pg ml(-1) and IL-18=70+/-45 pg ml(-1)) during the first 4 days of illness and reached peak levels (IL-13=204+/-96 pg ml(-1) and IL-18=360+/-148 pg ml(-1)) by day 9 onwards. The presence of high levels of IL-13 and IL-18 during severe illness and late phases of the disease suggests that both of these cytokines may contribute to the shift from a Th1- to Th2-type response and thus to the pathogenesis of DHF.
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- A S Mustafa
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P.O Box 24923, Safat 13110 Kuwait.
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Chaturvedi UC, Agarwal R, Elbishbishi EA, Mustafa AS. Cytokine cascade in dengue hemorrhagic fever: implications for pathogenesis. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2000; 28:183-8. [PMID: 10865168 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2000.tb01474.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dengue virus produces a mild acute febrile illness, dengue fever (DF) and a severe illness, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). The characteristic feature of DHF is increased capillary permeability leading to extensive plasma leakage in serous cavities resulting in shock. The pathogenesis of DHF is not fully understood. This paper presents a cascade of cytokines, that in our view, may lead to DHF. The main feature is the early generation of a unique cytokine, human cytotoxic factor (hCF) that initiates a series of events leading to a shift from Th1-type response in mild illness to a Th2-type response resulting in severe DHF. The shift from Th1 to Th2 is regulated by the relative levels of interferon-gamma and interleukin (IL)-10 and between IL-12 and transforming growth factor-beta, which showed an inverse relationship in patients with DF.
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- U C Chaturvedi
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.
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Pacsa AS, Agarwal R, Elbishbishi EA, Chaturvedi UC, Nagar R, Mustafa AS. Role of interleukin-12 in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2000; 28:151-5. [PMID: 10799806 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2000.tb01470.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-12 has a broad range of activities including regulation of cytokine synthesis and selective promotion of Th1-type cell development. A shift from a Th1-type response to Th2-type has been suggested to be important in the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). This study was undertaken to investigate the possible role of IL-12 in this shift. A total of 76 patients with various grades of dengue illness and 21 normal healthy controls were tested for IL-12 levels in serum samples and IL-12 mRNA in their peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The results showed that the levels of IL-12 were the highest in patients with dengue fever (270+/-102 pg ml(-1)) followed by decreasing levels in the patients with DHF grade I (198+/-86 pg ml(-1); P<0.05) and DHF grade II (84+/-52 pg ml(-1); P<0.001). Neither IL-12 nor its mRNA could be detected in the patients with DHF grades III and IV. The cytokine appeared and reached peak levels during the first 4 days of illness, started to decline by day 5-8 and disappeared by day 9 onwards. The absence of IL-12 during severe illness and late phases of the disease may be responsible for the shift to a Th2-type response and thus for the pathogenesis of DHF.
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- A S Pacsa
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat, Kuwait
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