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ArticleScientific reports2017

Downregulation of Interferon-β and Inhibition of TLR3 Expression are associated with Fatal Outcome of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome.

Peixin Song, Nan Zheng, Li Zhang, Yong Liu, Taoyu Chen, Changjun Bao, Zhifeng Li, Wei Yong, Yongyang Zhang, Chao Wu and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Peixin SongDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, PR China.
Nan ZhengState Key Lab of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China.
Li ZhangCenter for Public Health Research, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, PR China.
Yong LiuDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, PR China.
Taoyu ChenCenter for Public Health Research, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, PR China.
Changjun BaoJiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, PR China.
Zhifeng LiJiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, PR China.
Wei YongNanjing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, PR China.
Yongyang ZhangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, PR China.
Chao WuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, PR China.
Zhiwei WuState Key Lab of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China. wzhw@nju.edu.cn.
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CNNanjing University · CNJiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNNanjing Medical University · CNNanjing Municipal Center for Disease Control And Prevention · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease with high mortality and increasing prevalence in the East Asia. Though the etiological agent has been identified as a novel Bunyavirus, cellular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis and host immune response to SFTS virus infection remain unknown. A comprehensive study was conducted on a cohort of 70 patients on clinical manifestations, viral loads, modulation of cytokines, serum interferon level, immune related gene expression in peripheral blood cells, and dynamic changes of circulating dendritic cells during the acute phase of SFTSV infection. We found that high level viremia, reduced platelets, coagulation dysfunction, multi-organ injuries, elevated IL-6 and TNF-α were closely associated with the aggravation of SFTS. In addition, we demonstrated strong correlations between disease severity and the decline of serum IFN-β and IL-1β level, reduction of myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs) and suppressed Toll like receptor 3 expression in monocytes and mDCs. In general, dysfunction of innate immune response and cytokine storm are both involved in the pathogenesis of SFTS. Reduction of myeloid DCs contributes to the fatal outcome of SFTS virus infection, and the regulation of TLR3 could probably be the mechanism.

Indexed as

Down-RegulationHost-Pathogen InteractionsImmune EvasionBunyaviridae InfectionsHumansInterferon-betaPhlebovirusSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisToll-Like Receptor 3Interferon-betaTLR3 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 3

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PMID28747721
PMCPMC5529500
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