Anti-inflammatory effects of theophylline: modulation of immune functions during murine leukemia virus infection.
Anti-inflammatory effects of theophylline: modulation of immune functions during murine leukemia virus infection.
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茶碱的抗炎作用:小鼠白血病病毒感染期间免疫功能的调节。
DOI:
10.1081/iph-100107332
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Watson,RR
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作者:
Liang,B;Jiang,S;Zhang,Z;Inserra,P;Lee,J;Solkoff,D;Watson,RR
LP-BM5 murine leukemia virus induces immune dysfunction leading to B cell leukemia and murine AIDS with cytokine dsyregulation. Theophylline induces apoptosis of leukemia cells in humans. Therefore the effects of theophylline on immune dysfunction in a murine model of leukemia were investigated. C57BL/6 mice consumed drinking water containing 0.3% theophylline beginning 2 weeks after murine retrovirus infection for 4 months. Theophylline largely prevented the retrovirus induced splenomagaly, lymphodenopathy, reduction in B and T cell proliferation, and suppression of Th1 cytokines (IL-2) secretion. It also suppressed Th2 cytokine (IL-4, TNF-alpha, and IL-10) production, which was otherwise stimulated by retrovirus infection. These data suggest that immune dysfunction, induced by murine retrovirus infection, was largely prevented by theophylline treatment.