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. 2016 Dec 6;6:38532. doi: 10.1038/srep38532

Figure 4. IAV and SP co-infection of MDMs exacerbates induction of IP-10: putative role for miR-200a-3p in regulating the JAK-STAT signaling pathway.

Figure 4

Both the in vitro and clinical studies indicated IP-10 is associated with mixed viral/bacterial infection in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia. In vitro, miR-200a-3p was synergistically induced following mixed IAV/SP infection of human MDMs and found to indirectly regulate CXCL10 (IP-10) expression by targeting the suppressor of cytokine signaling-6 gene (SOCS6), a well-known repressor of the JAK-STAT signaling pathway. In vivo, IP-10 was significantly elevated in the serum samples of pediatric patients with mixed viral/bacterial severe pneumonia compared to patients with single detection (P = 0.03) and non-severe pneumonia (P < 0.01).