A Guerrero-Plata

A Le Bon

AR Falsey

B Olszewska-Pazdrak

BD Rudd

BG Van den Hoogen

BG van den Hoogen

C Marguet

CB Hall

DJ Groskreutz

E Abraham

F Heil

G Boivin

H Hemmi

Hua-wei Mao

JE Gern

JF Valarcher

JM Lund

JS Yoon

JV Williams

KM Spann

L Alexopoulou

L Genestier

L Guillot

LM Haynes

M Karin

MJ Holtzman

ML Von Linstow

MM Monick

MQ Zhao

MR Murawski

N Cimolai

N Sigurs

O Ueba

P Sheeran

Q Sha

R Janssen

Ralph Tripp

RP Garofalo

S Akira

S Baron

S Matsukura

S Viazov

SS Diebold

T Kawai

TL Noah

Wen-wei Tu

XH Xie

Xiao-dong Zhao

Yao Zhao

Ying Dou

Zhi-yong Zhang

PLoS ONE

PubMed

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are common causes of respiratory infections in children. Diseases caused by hMPV are generally considered to be less severe than those caused by RSV; the underlying mechanisms, however, remain unknown. In the present study, the expressions of TLRs in airway epithelial cells and lungs of BALB/c mice infected by hMPV or RSV were measured in an attempt to explore the differences in the airway inflammation caused by the two viruses. Our results demonstrate that both hMPV and RSV infection upregulated the expressions of TLRs and inflammatory cytokines. Specifically, the TLR3 expression was revealed to be elevated in vitro and in mouse lungs. IFN-α produced by A549 cells after RSV or hMPV infection remained undistinguishable, whereas production of TNF-α was significantly higher after RSV infection than hMPV infection either in the presence or absence of Poly I:C. This study provides a clue that more severe clinical syndrome of RSV infection may be due to the greater magnitude of induction of airway inflammation by RSV involving TLR3 activation and production of TNF-α

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Respiratory syncytial virus infection induces higher Toll-like receptor-3 expression and TNF-α production than human metapneumovirus infection.

Zhang, ZY

Zhao, X

Zhao, Y

Dou, Y

Tu, W

Mao, H

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Respiratory syncytial virus infection induces higher Toll-like receptor-3 expression and TNF-α production  than human metapneumovirus infection

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Respiratory syncytial virus infection induces higher Toll-like receptor-3 expression and TNF-α production than human metapneumovirus infection

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