ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2022
Tofacitinib Treatment in Primary Herpes Simplex Encephalitis Interferes With Antiviral Response.
Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- PCR-confirmed severe geographic HSV-1 keratitis associated with systemic JAK inhibitor therapy.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2026Article
- The "cytokine storm" in infection and sepsis: win the battle but lose the war.Military Medical Research · 2026Review
- Tofacitinib ameliorates Campylobacter-induced intestinal pathology by suppressing IFNγ producing ILCs and T cells.Mucosal immunology · 2025Article
- JAK inhibitors remove innate immune barriers facilitating viral propagation.NAR molecular medicine · 2025Article
- The Dual-Edged Sword: Risks and Benefits of JAK Inhibitors in Infections.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Utilization of In Vivo Imaging System to Study Staphylococcal Sepsis and Septic Arthritis Progression in Mouse Model.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Case report: Disseminated herpes simplex virus 1 infection and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis after immunomodulatory therapy in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Tofacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, is a novel immunosuppressive drug for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) may cause encephalitis during primary infection or following reactivation from a latent state. Long-term tofacitinib treatment may increase the risk of this life-threatening condition. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of tofacitinib on HSV-1 primary infection using a mouse model. Mice pretreated with tofacitinib were intranasally infected with a clinical strain of HSV-1 and monitored for infection severity and antiviral response. Tofacitinib treatment of HSV-1 primary infection resulted in increased viral loads and worsened clinical outcome. Furthermore, tofacitinib promoted M2 anti-inflammatory phenotype of microglia and infiltrating monocytes, as well as inhibited production of inflammatory and antiviral cytokines by macrophages in vitro. Our findings show that treatment with tofacitinib increases severity of herpes simplex encephalitis in mice, by impairing antiviral response induced by monocytes and microglia.
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