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  • iNOS plays an important role in mediating inflammation. In this study, we found that iNOS-derived NO was increased 2.4-fold in the serum samples of 101 patients infected with influenza A virus in comparison with samples of 105 healthy individuals. In A549 human lung epithelial cells, infection with influenza A virus or stimulation with poly(I:C)+IFN-gamma resulted in increased mRNA and protein levels of both IL-32 and iNOS, with subsequent release of NO. Over-expression of IL-32 resulted in upregulated iNOS expression with subsequent NO production. Knock down of IL-32 by IL-32-specific siRNA resulted in the inhibition of dsRNA-induced expression of iNOS and NO release, indicating that IL-32 is an upstream regulatory factor of dsRNA-triggered iNOS production. Surprisingly, over-expression of iNOS resulted in the reduction of IL-32 expression, and suppression of iNOS by the selective iNOS inhibitor S-methylisothiourea sulfate stimulated IL-32 expression, indicating that a negative feedback mechanism operates between the iNOS/NO and IL-32 systems. These findings suggest that influenza A virus infection activates IL-32 and iNOS expression by a heretofore unrecognized complex mechanism, in which the two pro-inflammatory factors regulate each other, involving positive and negative feedback regulatory loops.
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  • 10.1002/eji.200838885
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  • European_journal_of_immunology
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  • 19291698.0
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  • Medline
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  • Negative feedback regulation of IL-32 production by iNOS activation in response to dsRNA or influenza virus infection.
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  • 2009

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