Table 1.
Alterations in gene expression in response to RSV infection
| Group | Examples |
| Cell-surface | ICAM-1 (CD54) |
| molecules | CD18 |
| Vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) | |
| Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) I and II | |
| CD14 | |
| CD15 | |
| Fas | |
| Muscarinic receptors | |
| β2-adrenergic receptors | |
| Lewisx antigen | |
| Chemokines and | IL-8 |
| cytokines | IL-11 |
| IL-6 | |
| Soluble TNF receptor | |
| RANTES | |
| Monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 | |
| MIP-1α | |
| Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating | |
| factor (GM-CSF) | |
| IL-1β | |
| IFN-β | |
| Interleukin-1α | |
| Transcription | NF-κB |
| factors | NF-IL-6 |
| Others | Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) |
| Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VPF | |
| Endothelin-1 | |
| 5-Lipoxygenase | |
| Leukotrienes | |
| IEX-1L | |
| Cytokeratin-17 |
Increased expression of the these genes and/or gene products has been observed in response to RSV infection of target cells in vitro. VPF, vascular permeability factor.