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Sato H, Miura R, Kai C: Measles virus infection induces interleukin-8 release in human pulmonary epithelial cells. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005 Jul;28(4):311-20. Epub 2005 Sep 28.
Measles virus (MV) infection primarily targets epithelial cells of the respiratory tract, which have the potential to synthesize a variety of cytokines. In this report, we studied the effect of MV infection on the production of interleukin (IL)-8 by the pulmonary epithelial cells. A549 cells, a lower airway epithelial cell line, produced IL-8 after MV inoculation in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The IL-8 production was little affected by UV-inactivation of MV and scarcely suppressed by cycloheximide treatment. These results indicated that MV particle binding to and/or incorporation into cells stimulated IL-8 expression in A549 cells. |
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