The role of interleukin-1 in the pathogenesis of Lyme disease.
The role of interleukin-1 in the pathogenesis of Lyme disease.
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IL-1 在莱姆病发病机制中的作用。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb31840.x
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Benach,JL
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文献类型:
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作者:
Habicht,GS;Beck,G;Benach,JL
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a family of cytokines produced by monocytes, macrophages, and a variety of related and nonrelated cells. It is a major immunoregulatory protein and is also the molecular orchestrator of nonspecific host defense mechanisms against infectious, inflammatory, and immunologic insults. When a host is faced with an endogenous or exogenous challenge a dramatic series of changes occurs, most of which are directed at eliminating the stimulus. These changes are part of the acute phase response that takes place within a few hours of challenge. Others may evolve over longer periods and suggest persistent disease or chronic infection. The acute phase response is systemic and includes fever, increased synthesis of hepatic acute phase proteins, decreased plasma iron and zinc, leukocytosis, fatigue, and decreased appetite. The acute phase response is mediated by IL-1. I Lyme disease, first recognized as a focal outbreak of arthritis in Old Lyme, CT,'is caused by the bite of an Zxodes tick infected with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Primary Lyme disease consists of a skin lesion, erythema chronicum migrans (ECM), which may be followed by secondary manifestations involving the cardiovascular and the central and peripheral nervous sy~ terns.~ Tertiary Lyme disease is characterized by recurrent pain and swelling of the large joints. Sixty percent of Lyme disease patients experience joint symptoms that develop months to years following the tick bite. 4 In many cases, arthritis is the only clinical manifestation of the disease.'Arthritis involves the large joints and is histologically similar to rheumatoid arthritis.'Although the manifestations of Lyme disease are widespread and may be severe, it has been relatively difficult to demonstrate the presence of the spirochete in affected tissues. Silver staining has occasionally shown spirochetes in skin lesions, 6 especially the leading edge of erythema chronicum migrans, the myocardium'and synoviae'from Lyme disease patients. Spirochetes have been cultured only infrequently from blood3. 6 and synovial fluid^.^ That Borrelia burgdorferi are rarely identified in Lyme disease patients has led us to search for both spirochete and host-derived factors with the capacity to amplify the pathogenicity of the organism. We have previously shown the Lyme disease spirochete to be a potent inducer of IL-I production by cultured human and murine mononuclear phagocytes." In addition, we have reported that B. burgdorferi possess a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) that aThis work was supported by grant no. AR36028 from the National Institutes of Health.