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. 2008 May 7;1(4):265–278. doi: 10.1038/mi.2008.16

Table 1. Summary of the impact of therapeutic intervention for intracellular and extracellular acute respiratory pathogensa.

Intracellular pathogens Extracellular pathogens
Intervention/treatment Pathogen clearance Immunopathology Pathogen clearance Immunopathology
Apoptosis
 OX40 blockade
 4-1BB blockade ?a ? ?
 ICOS blockade ? ?
 CTLA-4-Ig ? ?
 Caspase inhibitors ? ? ?
Migration
 Anti-MIP-2 ?
 Met-RANTES ? ?
 MCP-1 ? ?
 CCR1 antagonism ? ? ?
Innate modulation
 Prior infection
 Nitric oxide ? ? ?
 Antioxidants ? ? ?
 Free-radical scavengers ? ?
 NF-κB inhibition ?
Cytokine modulation
 IFN-α ? ?
 IL-1Ra ? ?
 Anti-IL-12 ? ?
 Anti-TNF ?
 Anti-IFN-γ ?
 Anti-IL-10 ?
 TGF-β

CTLA, cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen; IFN, interferon; Ig, immunoglobulin; IL, interleukin; IL-1Ra, IL-1-receptor antagonist; MIP, macrophage inflammatory protein; NF-κB, nuclear factor-κB; TGF, transforming growth factor; TNF, tumor-necrosis factor.

aThe effect of immune manipulation conforms to general observations for the majority of intracellular or extracellular pathogens. Specific organisms may vary. ? The outcome of this manipulation is currently unknown.