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ArticleNeuroimmunomodulation2011

IL-6 mediates 11βHSD type 2 to effect progression of the mycobacterial cord factor trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate-induced granulomatous response.

April N Abbott, Kerry J Welsh, Shen-An Hwang, Paulina Płoszaj, Tina Choudhury, Sydney Boyd, Michael R Blackburn, Robert L Hunter, Jeffrey K Actor

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Article in Neuroimmunomodulation, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

April N AbbottDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kerry J Welsh
Shen-An Hwang
Paulina Płoszaj
Tina Choudhury
Sydney Boyd
Michael R Blackburn
Robert L Hunter
Jeffrey K Actor
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversity of Washington · USWroclaw Medical University · PL

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS 1R21AI058247-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Granulomatous structures are highly dynamic during active mycobacterial infection, with accompanying responsive inflammation contributing to modulation of pathology throughout the course of disease. The heightened inflammatory response coinciding with initiation and maintenance of newly developing granulomatous structures must be limited to avoid excessive damage to bystander tissue. Modulating the cellular bioavailability of glucocorticoids by local regulation of 11βHSD enzymes within responding tissue and parenchyma would allow controlled inflammatory response during infection. Mycobacterial glycolipid trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate was used to induce strong pulmonary granulomatous inflammation immunopathology. Pulmonary corticosterone was significantly increased at days 3 and 5 after administration. An inverse relationship of 11βHSD1 and 11βHSD2 message correlated with pathology development. Immunohistochemical analysis also demonstrated that 11βHSD2 is expressed in proximity to granulomatous lesions. A role for pro-inflammatory IL-6 cytokine in regulation of converting enzymes to control the granulomatous response was confirmed using gene-disrupted IL-6-/- mice. A model is proposed linking IL-6 to endocrine-derived factors which allows modification of active corticosterone into inert 11-dehydrocorticosterone at the site of granuloma formation to limit excessive parenchymal damage.

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11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2AnimalsCord FactorsCorticosteroneCytokinesDisease ProgressionEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationGranuloma, Respiratory TractImmunohistochemistryInterleukin-6MiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Knockout11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2Cord FactorsCorticosteroneCytokinesInterleukin-6RNA, Messenger

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PMID21389736
PMCPMC3068753
OpenAlexW2071401971

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