Evidence map›Paper›PMID 11447193›Full record

ArticleInfection and immunity2001

Invasive candidiasis stimulates hepatocyte and monocyte production of active transforming growth factor beta.

J J Letterio, T Lehrnbecher, G Pollack, T J Walsh, S J Chanock

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J J LetterioLaboratory of Cell Regulation and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
T Lehrnbecher
G Pollack
T J Walsh
S J Chanock
National Institutes of Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with compromised immune function. The cytokine response to tissue invasion by C. albicans can influence the differentiation and function of lymphocytes and other mononuclear cells that are critical components of the host response. While the production of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) has been documented in mice infected with C. albicans and is known to suppress phagocyte function, the cellular source and role of this cytokine in the pathogenesis of systemic candidiasis are not well understood. We have investigated the source of production of TGF-beta by immunohistochemical studies in tissue samples from patients with an uncommon complication of lymphoreticular malignancy, chronic disseminated candidiasis (CDC), and from a neutropenic-rabbit model of CDC. Liver biopsy specimens from patients with documented CDC demonstrated intense staining for extracellular matrix-associated TGF-beta1 within inflammatory granulomas, as well as staining for TGF-beta1 and TGF-beta3 within adjacent hepatocytes. These results correlate with the immunolocalization of TGF-beta observed in livers of infected neutropenic rabbits, using a neutralizing antibody that recognizes the mature TGF-beta protein. Human peripheral blood monocytes incubated with C. albicans in vitro release large amounts of biologically active TGF-beta1. The data demonstrate that local production of active TGF-betas by hepatocytes and by infected mononuclear cells is a component of the response to C. albicans infection that most probably contributes to disease progression in the immunocompromised host.

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AnimalsCandidiasisCells, CulturedHepatocytesHumansLiverMonocytesRabbitsTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor beta1Transforming Growth Factor beta2Transforming Growth Factor beta3TGFB1 protein, humanTGFB2 protein, humanTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor beta1Transforming Growth Factor beta2Transforming Growth Factor beta3

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PMID11447193
PMCPMC98607
OpenAlexW2155665505

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