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Endothelial cells activation and proliferation are induced by cytokines and modulated by adhesive molecules of the extracellular matrix. In a previous study, we showed that IL-1beta and TNF-alpha inhibited thrombospondin-1 (TSP) secretion by human umbilical vein endothelial cells. This work was carried on by studying the effects of other cytokines [interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta)] known to modulate endothelial cell proliferation. We show here that TSP incorporation into the subendothelial matrix is inversely proportional to cell density. Proliferative cytokines such as IL-6 and bFGF inhibit TSP secretion, whereas the anti-proliferative TGF-beta enhances it. IL-8 has no effect either on cell proliferation or TSP secretion. Thus, the modulation of TSP secretion by these cytokines is apparently due to changes in cell proliferation. Therefore, when studying the effects of cytokines on TSP secretion, it is important to correlate the concentration of subendothelial matrix TSP to the cell density.
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PMID:Endothelial cell proliferation regulated by cytokines modulates thrombospondin-1 secretion into the subendothelium. 934 5

To provide bases of comparison between the studies described in Parts I and II of this Research Report, concentrations of interleukin 6 (IL-6)*, interleukin 8 (IL-8), and alpha 2-macroglobulin (a2M) were measured in airway lavage fluids obtained in the Balmes study (Part I) and compared with the same measurements in the Frampton study (Part II). For healthy subjects in the Balmes study, IL-6 and a2M, but not IL-8, increased in association with ozone exposure. Statistical analyses suggested that effects of ozone on IL-8 levels observed in the first exposure and bronchoscopy may have carried over to the second exposure and bronchoscopy, which may have obscured an effect of ozone on IL-8 after the second exposure. For asthmatic subjects in the Balmes study, IL-6 and IL-8 increased in both bronchial and alveolar lavage fluid, but not in proximal airway lavage fluid. The mean interval between exposures was longer for asthmatic subjects than for healthy subjects, and no carryover effects were seen. When the Balmes and Frampton data were analyzed together, subject groups in the two studies (nonsmokers, smokers, and subjects without and with asthma) did not differ significantly in the response of cytokines to ozone exposure. The finding of possible carryover effects in one group suggests that subtle effects of ozone exposure, or bronchoscopy including proximal airway lavage and biopsy, or both, may persist for three weeks in some subjects.
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PMID:Effects of ozone on normal and potentially sensitive human subjects. Part III: Mediators of inflammation in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from nonsmokers, smokers, and asthmatic subjects exposed to ozone: a collaborative study. 938 97

Several epidemiological studies have recently shown associations of increased premature mortality rates with ambient particulate air pollution. Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) may constitute an important part of (ultra)fine particulate air pollution in urban areas and may therefore contribute to its toxicity. Epithelial lining of the respiratory tract may be the first target of the toxic effects of DEP, that upon exposure may release pro-inflammatory mediators such as interleukin 6 and 8 (IL-6, IL-8), ultimately causing airway tissue damage and immune alterations. In this study the effects of in vitro DEP exposure (0.04-0.33 mg/mL) on IL-6, IL-8 production by a human bronchial epithelial cell line (BEAS-2B) were investigated. For comparison, the production of interleukins during exposure to silica and titanium oxide (TiO2) were also studied, representing relatively toxic and non-toxic particles, respectively. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy showed that the size of the DEP particles ranged between 25 to 35 nm and that DEP was phagocytized by BEAS-2B cells. An increase in IL-6 and IL-8 production (11- and 4-fold, respectively) was found after 24 or 48 h of exposure to DEP compared to the non-exposed cells. This increase was lower compared to silica (17- and 3.3-fold) and higher as compared to TiO2 which showed no increase for IL-6 and IL-8. To study the DEP effect on inflammation-primed cells, BEAS-2B cells were exposed to both tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and subsequently to DEP. Exposure to TNF-alpha caused a strong increase in IL-6 and IL-8 production. Additive effects on the IL-6 and IL-8 production by BEAS-2B cells were found after TNF-alpha priming and subsequently exposure to DEP, only at a low dose of DEP and TNF-alpha (0.05-0.2 ng/mL). In conclusion, BEAS-2B phagocytized DEP and produced an increased amount of IL-6 and IL-8. In TNF-alpha primed BEAS-2B cells, DEP increased interleukin production only at low concentrations of DEP and TNF-alpha. Whether this increased production of pro-inflammatory interleukins affects vulnerable balances in the immune system, such as T help-1 and T help-2 subsets ratios, resulting in an altered resistance to respiratory tract infections or altering the expression of respiratory allergy, is the subject of further studies.
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PMID:Diesel exhaust particles induced release of interleukin 6 and 8 by (primed) human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS 2B) in vitro. 945 71

The selective secretion of interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 8 (IL-8), interleukin 10 (IL-10), basic fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF) and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta-1) in tissue culture of choroidal melanomas and two established skin melanoma cell lines was investigated with ELISA analysis. Values of choroidal melanoma cells were compared with the melanoma cell lines and human fibroblasts as a physiological control. High secretion of IL-6 was detectable in choroidal melanoma cultures but not in the cell lines. IL-8 secretion was found in all melanoma cultures. However, IL-10 was only secreted by one skin melanoma cell line and in choroidal melanoma cell cultures. B-FGF secretion by choroidal melanomas was higher than by cell lines. No differences were seen in the amounts of TGF beta-1 produced by melanoma cells. Human fibroblasts produce higher amounts of IL-6 and IL-8 but lower of b-FGF in vitro in contrast to the melanoma cells. The secretion of cytokines by choroidal melanoma cells suggests an important role of these soluble factors in the interaction of tumour and healthy tissue.
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PMID:Secretion of cytokines by human choroidal melanoma cells and skin melanoma cell lines in vitro. 961 23

Inflammatory pseudotumour of the lung is a lesion mainly composed of histiocytes. Histiocyte accumulation may arise from local proliferation of migratory cells, from cytokine induced recruitment of monocytes from the systemic circulation, or both. Cell proliferation was investigated with Ki-67 immunostaining and cytokine production with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in two cases of inflammatory pseudotumour of the lung. It was found that the two lesions were composed mainly of non-proliferating (Ki-67 non-binding) macrophages that stained positive for CD68, CD14, CD4, and mannose receptor. Both cases contained mRNA transcripts for monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), a monocyte chemoattractant, and for interleukin 6 (IL-6), an inducer of plasma cell differentiation. One of the two cases also contained mRNA transcripts for IL-8, a neutrophil chemoattractant. These findings are consistent with the possibility that accumulation of non-proliferating histiocytes induced by MCP-1 is one of the pathogenic events occurring in inflammatory pseudotumour of the lung.
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PMID:Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in the inflammatory pseudotumour of the lung. 962 22

The systemic inflammatory response to Escherichia coli O157 infection was studied from the profiles of circulating inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Twelve patients transferred sequentially to our hospital for the intensive care with acute illness due to Escherichia coli O157 infection and the possible form of haemolytic uraemic syndrome were included in this study. Increased circulating concentrations of tumour necrosis factor, interleukin 6, interleukin 8, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, and interleukin 10 were found in patients with various stages of this infection and haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Especially, the degree of the increase of circulating interleukin 10 in those who had a typical signs of haemolytic uraemic syndrome was higher than those of other inflammatory cytokines. Two groups of E. coli infection could be classified into one with a typical haemolytic uraemic syndrome and the other with atypically bacteremic state over haemolytic uraemic syndrome according to these cytokine levels.
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PMID:Profiles of circulating inflammatory- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome due to E. coli O157 infection. 970 19

To assess the relationship between capillary leakage and inflammatory mediators during sepsis, blood samples were taken on hospital admission, as well as 24 and 72 h later, from 52 children (median age, 3.3 years) with severe meningococcal sepsis, of whom 38 survived and 14 died. Parameters related to cytokines (interleukin 6 [IL-6] IL-8, plasma phospholipase A2, and C-reactive protein [CRP]), to neutrophil degranulation (elastase and lactoferrin), to complement activation (C3a, C3b/c, C4b/c, and C3- and C4-CRP complexes), and to complement regulation (functional and inactivated C1 inhibitor and C4BP) were determined. The degree of capillary leakage was derived from the amount of plasma infused and the severity of disease by assessing the pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) score. Levels of IL-6, IL-8, C3b/c, C3-CRP complexes, and C4BP on admission, adjusted for the duration of skin lesions, were significantly different in survivors and nonsurvivors (C3b/c levels were on average 2.2 times higher in nonsurvivors, and C3-CRP levels were 1.9 times higher in survivors). Mortality was independently related to the levels of C3b/c and C3-CRP complexes. In agreement with this, levels of complement activation products correlated well with the PRISM score or capillary leakage. Thus, these data show that complement activation in patients with severe meningococcal sepsis is associated with a poor outcome and a more severe disease course. Further studies should reveal whether complement activation may be a target for therapeutical intervention in this disease.
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PMID:Complement activation in relation to capillary leakage in children with septic shock and purpura. 978 43

We demonstrate the constitutive expression of interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in normal kidney cells, and in the majority of renal oncocytomas, papillary and non-papillary renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique. No expression of IL-6 and TGF-alpha and variable expression of GM-CSF, IL-8, EGF and EGFR was seen in chromophobe RCCs. The lack of expression of IL-6 and TGF-alpha might be correlated with the growth pattern, poor vascularity and low malignancy of chromophobe RCCs.
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PMID:Lack of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) expression in chromophobe renal cell carcinomas. 982 Jan 73

Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and IL-8 are important regulators of inflammation and hematopoiesis. Human bone marrow stromal cells regulate marrow hematopoiesis by secreting cytokines. By using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), we demonstrate that human bone marrow stromal cells constitutively express LIF, IL-6 and IL-8 transcripts. By using specific ELISAs, we found that their spontaneous productions of LIF, IL-6 and IL-8 are elevated in response to serum and after stimulation with the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1alpha and TNF-alpha. The anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-4 reduces their serum- and cytokine-induced LIF secretion. By contrast, IL-4 stimulates their serum- and IL-1alpha-induced IL-6 synthesis. IL-4 has no effect on the serum-induced IL-8 synthesis by marrow stromal cells, but stimulates their cytokine-induced IL-8 production. The anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 has no effect on the serum- and cytokine-induced LIF, IL-6 and IL-8 synthesis by bone marrow stromal cells. RT-PCR experiments reveal the presence of IL-4 receptor alpha-chain mRNA and IL-10 receptor mRNA in cultured bone marrow stromal cells. The differential regulation by IL-4 of two related cytokines, such as LIF and IL-6, and the enhanced effect of this 'anti-inflammatory' cytokine on IL-6 and IL-8 synthesis highlight the tightly controlled regulation and the complexity of the cytokine production within the human bone marrow.
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PMID:Interleukin-4 (IL-4), but not IL-10, regulates the synthesis of IL-6, IL-8 and leukemia inhibitory factor by human bone marrow stromal cells. 1007 53

The plasma levels of interleukin 1 beta (IL 1beta), interleukin 6 (IL 6), interleukin 8 (IL 8), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), E-selectin, ICAM 1 and C-reactive protein (CRP) have been studied in 24 patients with acute myocardial infarction in the course of 96 h. The plasma IL 1beta and IL 6 levels were continually elevated during the 96 h study period (the peak of plasma IL 1beta level was 22.2 pg/ml, S.D. 8.6, P < 0.001, normal values of IL 1beta are less than 10 pg/ml, the mean peak plasma concentration of IL 6 was 184.9 pg/ml, S.D. 134.7, vs. normal values of 15.57 pg/ml, S.D. 2.4, P < 0.001). The mean plasma IL 8 level was increased for the duration of the study, the mean plasma IL 8 level was 103.0 pg/ml, S.D. 23.4 (normal value was below 30 pg/l, S.D. 8.0) P < 0.001. The plasma TNF-alpha level was elevated throughout the time of observation without any significant peak. The mean plasma TNF-alpha concentration was 46.8 pg/ml, S.D. 2.13, vs. normal value 4.35 pg/ml, S.D. 1.23, P < 0.001. The plasma E-selectin level reached the mean level of 145.1 ng/ml, S.D. 75.4, vs. normal value 29.1-63.4 ng/ml, P < 0.001 at an interval of 15-42 h after the onset of the symptoms. The plasma ICAM 1 level showed only a slight significant increase during the first 36 h. The plasma CRP concentration increased later than IL 6, and reached a peak at 42 h after the onset of the symptoms (69.2 mg/l, S.D. 29.9, vs. 1.2 mg/l, S.D. 4.7, P < 0.0001). We conclude that cytokines and adhesion molecules can play an important role in the mechanisms of tissue injury in the process of ischemia and reperfusion.
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PMID:Cytokines and adhesion molecules in the course of acute myocardial infarction. 1009 May 30


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