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Acute dengue virus 2 infection in Gabonese patients is associated with an early innate immune response, including strong interferon alpha production.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Dengue is now a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the tropics. We conducted the first ex vivo study of dengue fever (DF) in African patients infected during the first Gabonese dengue virus 2 (DENV-2) outbreak in 2007, in order to investigate cytokine production, including the antiviral cytokine IFN-?, reported to be a potent inhibitor of DENV replication in vitro. METHODS: Levels of 50 cytokines, chemokines and growth factors were measured in plasma from 36 patients with DENV-2 infection, and in uninfected controls, using Luminex multiplex technology. The results were interpreted according to the day of sampling after symptom onset. PBMC from six patients were also studied for T lymphocyte cell surface marker expression by flow cytometry. RESULTS: Acute DENV-2 infection elicited high levels of several pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6 and IL-17), chemokines (MIF, RANTES, IP-10 and MCP-1) and growth factors (G-CSF, GM-CSF and VEGF-A). We also observed high levels of IFN-? for the first time in adult DF patients, and CD4+ and CD8+ T cell activation at symptom onset. CONCLUSION: Acute DENV-2 infection in African patients elicits a strong innate response involving IFN-? production, as well as an adaptive immune response.

SUBMITTER: Becquart P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3013083 | biostudies-other | 2010

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Acute dengue virus 2 infection in Gabonese patients is associated with an early innate immune response, including strong interferon alpha production.

Becquart Pierre P Wauquier Nadia N Nkoghe Dieudonné D Ndjoyi-Mbiguino Angélique A Padilla Cindy C Souris Marc M Leroy Eric M EM

BMC infectious diseases 20101217

<h4>Background</h4>Dengue is now a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the tropics. We conducted the first ex vivo study of dengue fever (DF) in African patients infected during the first Gabonese dengue virus 2 (DENV-2) outbreak in 2007, in order to investigate cytokine production, including the antiviral cytokine IFN-α, reported to be a potent inhibitor of DENV replication in vitro.<h4>Methods</h4>Levels of 50 cytokines, chemokines and growth factors were measured in plasma fro ...[more]

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Acute dengue virus 2 infection in Gabonese patients is associated with an early innate immune response, including strong interferon alpha production.

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Acute dengue virus 2 infection in Gabonese patients is associated with an early innate immune response, including strong interferon alpha production.

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