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. 2019 May 10;10:1071. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01071

Table 2.

Obesity-related alterations in chemokine, cytokine, and interferon stimulated genes at baseline and during influenza infection in murine models of obesity.

Analyte Model Effect at baseline Effect during infection References
TGFβ DIO ↓ Lung concentration; ↑ lung mRNA expression; ↑ BALF concentration ↓ Lung concentration (27, 67)
TNFα DIO ↑ Plasma concentration; ↑ lung mRNA expression; ↑ BALF concentration ↑ BALF concentration at 8 dpi; delayed lung mRNA expression ↑ at 3 and 6 dpi; delayed BALF concentration 3 and 8 dpi; ↓ lung concentration fold increase at 1 and 3 dpi; ↑ circulating concentration fold increase at 3 dpi (26, 46, 55, 6770)
DB ↑ BALF concentration at 4 dpi
G-CSF DIO ↑ Lung concentration ↓ Lung concentration at 3 dpi; delayed BALF concentration ↑ at 3 and 8 dpi (27, 70)
IL-1β DIO ↓ Lung mRNA expression at 3 dpi; ↓ BALF concentration at 3 dpi; ↓ lung concentration fold increase at 1 and 3 dpi; ↑ lung concentration at 4 dpi; ↑ circulating concentration from baseline at 3 dpi (55, 7072)
IL-2 DIO ↓ LN mRNA expression at 3 and 7 dpi (26)
IL-5 DIO ↓ BALF concentration at 3 dpi (70)
IL-6 DIO Fewer macrophages producing ↑ at 3 dpi; delayed lung mRNA expression at 3 and 6 dpi, delayed BALF concentration ↑ at 3 and 8 dpi, ↑ lung and serum concentration at 4 dpi (26, 7072)
IL-12 DIO ↓ LN mRNA expression at 3 and 7 dpi (71)
IL-12p70 DIO ↓ BALF concentration at 3 dpi (70)
IL-13 DIO Delayed BALF concentration at 3 and 8 dpi (70)
Leptin DIO ↑ Serum concentration; ↑ lung mRNA expression ↑ Serum concentration ↑ at 2, 4, and 6 dpi; ↓ circulating concentration fold increase at 3 dpi (26, 44, 55, 67, 72)
Adiponectin DIO ↓ Serum concentration; ↓ lung mRNA expression ↓ Serum concentration at 2 and 6 dpi (26, 67, 72)
CXCL1/KC DIO ↑ Plasma concentration ↑ BALF concentration at 8 dpi (46, 50, 68)
OB ↑ BALF concentration increase at 8 dpi
CXCL2/ MIP2α DIO ↑ Plasma concentration ↑ Lung concentration at 4 dpi (68, 72)
CXCL10/ IP-10 DIO ↑ Plasma concentration ↓ Lung mRNA expression at 1 dpi; delayed BALF ↑ concentration at 3 and 8 dpi (68, 70)
CCL2/ MCP-1 DIO ↑ BALF concentration at 8 dpi; ↓ lung mRNA expression at 3 dpi (46, 71)
CCL3/ MIP1α DIO ↓ BALF concentration at 3 dpi; ↑ lung concentration at 4 dpi (70, 72)
CCL5/ RANTES DIO ↑ Plasma concentration Delayed lung mRNA expression at 3 and 6 dpi; ↓ BALF concentration at 3 and 8 dpi (68, 70, 72)
CCL7/ MCP3 DIO ↑ Plasma concentration (68)
CCL11/ Eotaxin DIO Delayed BALF concentration 3 and at 8 dpi (70)
IFNα DIO ↓ Lung mRNA expression at 2 dpi (26)
IFNβ DIO ↓ Lung mRNA expression at 2 and 3 dpi (26)
IFNγ DIO ↑ Circulating concentration fold increase at 3 dpi
Irf7 OB ↓ Alveolar macrophage mRNA expression ↓ Alveolar macrophage mRNA expression at 1 dpi; ↓ lung mRNA expression fold-increase at 1 dpi (54, 70)
Oas1a DIO ↓ Lung mRNA expression fold-increase at 1 dpi (70)
Oas1g OB ↓ Alveolar macrophage mRNA expression; ↓ epithelial cell mRNA expression ↓ Alveolar macrophage mRNA expression at 1 dpi (54)
Ifit1 OB ↓ Alveolar macrophage mRNA expression ↓ Alveolar macrophage mRNA expression at 1 dpi (54)
Mx2 DIO ↓ Lung mRNA expression fold-increase at 1 dpi (70)

↑increased, ↓decreased, LN, lymph node; BALF, bronchial alveolar lavage fluid. Fold increase is measured as the fold increase from baseline of uninfected obese mice; delayed increase in expression or concentration relates to a delayed increase from baseline as compared to the immune response in matched WT mice.