1. Differential Production of Inflammatory Cytokines in Primary Infection with Human Metapneumovirus and with Other Common Respiratory Viruses of Infancy
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Maria T. Ishida, Fernando P. Polack, Roberto Passarino, Susana Jackli, Javier M. Casellas, Victor Israele, Andres Pascual, Debra Hauer, Carlos M. Lac Prugent, Natalia Taratutto, Ruth A. Karron, Miguelina Maccarone, Federico R. Laham, Maria Ivonne Name, Raúl Gaivironsky, Marcela Balduzzi, Bhagvanji Thumar, Scott J. Hoffman, Alejandro Garcia, and Norberto R. Polack
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Male ,viruses ,Orthomyxoviridae ,Argentina ,Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections ,Disease ,Virus ,Proinflammatory cytokine ,Human metapneumovirus ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Metapneumovirus ,Prospective Studies ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,Paramyxoviridae Infections ,Innate immune system ,biology ,Respiratory tract infections ,Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,Interleukins ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,virus diseases ,Nasal Lavage Fluid ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,Respiratory Syncytial Viruses ,Infectious Diseases ,Immunology ,RNA, Viral ,Female ,Seasons - Abstract
Viral respiratory infections are the most frequent cause of hospital admission for infants and young children during winter. However, the mechanisms of illness that are associated with viral lower-respiratory-tract infection (LRI) are unclear. A widely accepted hypothesis attributes the pathogenesis of viral LRI in infants to the induction of innate inflammatory responses. This theory is supported by studies showing that Toll-like receptor 4 is activated by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), leading to production of inflammatory cytokines. We prospectively examined previously naive infants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, who had either upper- or lower-respiratory-tract symptoms. Infection with human metapneumovirus (hMPV) was second only to RSV in frequency. Both viruses were associated with rhinorrhea, cough, and wheezing; however, hMPV elicited significantly lower levels of respiratory inflammatory cytokines than did RSV. Symptoms in infants infected with influenza virus were different from those in infants infected with RSV, but cytokine responses were similar. These findings suggest that hMPV and RSV either cause disease via different mechanisms or share a common mechanism that is distinct from innate immune activation.
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- 2004
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