title: Anti-mycobacterial treatment reduces high plasma levels of CXC-chemokines detected in active tuberculosis by cytometric bead array.
abstract: Chemokines recruit and activate leukocytes, assisting granuloma formation. Herein, we evaluated plasma chemokines in patients with active tuberculosis (ATB) and after completing treatment (TTB) and compared them to BCG-vaccinated healthy controls (HC). Levels of chemokines were measured by cytometric bead array. Levels of CXCL8, CXCL9 and CXCL10 were higher in ATB patients compared to HC, but they decreased in TTB. Levels of CCL2 and CCL5 in ATB patients were similar to those observed in HC. Thus, the high levels of CXC-chemokines detected during ATB, which can modulate the trafficking of immune cells from the periphery to the site of infection, were reversed by anti-mycobacterial treatment.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Parasitologia, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Caroline de Souza
authors.initials: Cde S
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Clarice
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abramo
authors.forename: Caio César de Souza
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mazzoccoli
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Henrique Couto
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019743:Chemokines, CXC / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D019743:Chemokines, CXC