Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/55300
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Early serum biomarker networks in infants with distinct retinochoroidal lesion status of congenital toxoplasmosis
Authors: Thádia Evelynde Araújo
Daniel Vítor de Vasconcelos Santos
José Nélio Januário
Andréa Teixeira-carvalho
Ricardo Wagner Almeida Vitor
Eloisa Amália Vieira Ferro
Olindo Assis Martins-filho
Jordana Grazziela Coelho-dos-reis
Samantha Ribeiro Béla
Ana Carolina Aguiar Vasconcelos Carneiro
Anderson Silva Machado
Ludmila Melo Cardoso
Ágata Lopes Ribeiro
Michelle Hallais França Dias
Gláucia Manzan Queiroz Andrade
Abstract: The present study characterized the early changes in the serum chemokines/cytokine signatures and net works in infants with congenital-toxoplasmosis/(TOXO) as compared to non-infected-controls/(NI).TOXO were subgrouped according to the retinochoroidal lesion status as no-lesion/(NL), active-lesion/(ARL), active/cicatricial-lesion/(ACRL) and cicatricial-lesion/(CRL). The results showed that TOXO displayprominent chemokine production mediated by IL-8/CXCL8, MIG/CXCL9, IP-10/CXCL10 and RANTES/CCL5. Additionally, TOXO is accompanied by mixed proinflammatory/regulatory cytokine pattern mediated by IL-6, IFN-c, IL-4, IL-5 and IL-10. While TNF appears as a putative biomarker for NL and IFN-c/IL-5 as immunological features for ARL, IL-10 emerges as a relevant mediator in ACRL/CRL. IL-8/CXCL8 and IP-10/CXCL10 are broad-spectrum indicators of ocular disease, whereas TNF is a NL biomarker, IFN-c and MIG/CXCL9 point out to ARL; and IL-10 is highlighted as a genuine serum biomarker of ACRL/CRL.The network analysis demonstrated a broad chemokine/cytokine crosstalk with divergences in the molecular signatures in patients with different ocular lesions during congenital toxoplasmosis.
Subject: Toxoplasmose Congênita
Coriorretinopatia de Birdshot
Crianças
Biomarcadores Farmacológicos
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: ICB - DEPARTAMENTO DE MICROBIOLOGIA
ICB - DEPARTAMENTO DE PARASITOLOGIA
MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE CLÍNICA MÉDICA
MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE OFTALMOLOGIA E OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Rights: Acesso Restrito
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2017.02.018
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/55300
Issue Date: 28-Feb-2017
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043466617300510?via%3Dihub
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Cytokine
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