Haemophilus ducreyi infection causes basal keratinocyte cytotoxicity and elicits a unique cytokine induction pattern in an In vitro human skin model.
Haemophilus ducreyi infection causes basal keratinocyte cytotoxicity and elicits a unique cytokine induction pattern in an In vitro human skin model.
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杜克雷嗜血杆菌感染会引起基础角质形成细胞的细胞毒性,并在体外人类皮肤模型中引发独特的细胞因子诱导模式。
DOI:
10.1128/iai.66.6.2914-2921.1998
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Kawula,TH
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作者:
Hobbs,MM;Paul,TR;Wyrick,PB;Kawula,TH
Haemophilus ducreyiis the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease chancroid. Predominantly a cutaneous pathogen,H. ducreyiis present in chancroid ulcers that are characterized by extensive neutrophil accumulation in intraepidermal lesions accompanied by a mononuclear infiltrate in the dermis. We used an in vitro human skin model composed of foreskin fibroblasts and keratinocytes to examine host skin cell interactions withH. ducreyi35000. Bacteria replicated and persisted in artificial skin for at least 14 days. We observedH. ducreyiinside suprabasal keratinocytes using transmission electron microscopy. Although no bacteria were seen in the basal keratinocyte region, these cells were disrupted in infected cocultures.H. ducreyiinfection stimulated increased secretion of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-8 by skin cells. Conversely, tumor necrosis factor alpha and IL-1α levels were not elevated. IL-8 produced in response toH. ducreyiinfection may be involved in recruiting polymorphonuclear leukocytes and other inflammatory cells, thereby contributing to the tissue necrosis and ulcer formation characteristic of chancroid.