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Role of interferon-gamma in experimental gram-negative sepsis
1Department of Infectious Diseases and Bacteriology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
To study the role of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in gram-negative shock, mortality was compared in mice receiving either a monoclonal antibody to IFN-gamma (H22) or an irrelevant monoclonal antibody (L2-3D9) before or after an LD90 dose of Escherichia coli O111:B4. H22 given either 1 h before or 0.5 h after bacterial challenge protected mice from death (mortality at 48 h, 28% vs. 83%, P less than .001). Serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) levels and bacterial counts in blood and organs (liver, spleen, heart, and brain) were similar in H22-treated animals and controls. The peak serum TNF alpha levels were 95.7 +/- 16.4 ng/mL and 80.7 +/- 14.9 ng/mL in the H22 and control groups, respectively. These results indicate that IFN-gamma plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of gram-negative sepsis.
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