Endogenous Interleukin-11 (IL-11) Expression Is Increased and Prophylactic Use of Exogenous IL-11 Enhances Platelet Recovery and Improves Survival During Thrombocytopenia Associated With Experimental Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in Neonatal Rats

ABSTRACT Future preventive and/or concurrent therapy of neonatal sepsis may require the use of adjuvant immunohematopoietic therapy. In the present study, using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, we demonstrated a significant increase in IL-11 mRNA extracted from the femurs of group B...

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Veröffentlicht in:Blood cells, molecules, & diseases molecules, & diseases, 1996, Vol.22 (1), p.57-67
Hauptverfasser: Chang, Mei, Williams, Angela, Ishizawa, Lori, Knoppel, Annika, van de Ven, Carmella, Cairo, Mitchell S.
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT Future preventive and/or concurrent therapy of neonatal sepsis may require the use of adjuvant immunohematopoietic therapy. In the present study, using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, we demonstrated a significant increase in IL-11 mRNA extracted from the femurs of group B streptococcus (GBS)-infected rats during acute thrombocytopenia (platelet count: 65.8 ± 19.3 K/mm 3, n=5) compared to that of uninfected neonatal rats (NR) (635.2 ± 89 K/mm 3, n=5) (174 ± 17% vs. 100%, p
ISSN:1079-9796
1096-0961
DOI:10.1006/bcmd.1996.0009