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Th1 and Th17 hypercytokinemia as early host response signature in severe pandemic influenza

Jesus F Bermejo-Martin1,2*, Raul Ortiz de Lejarazu1,2, Tomas Pumarola3, Jordi Rello4, Raquel Almansa1,2, Paula Ramírez5, Ignacio Martin-Loeches4, David Varillas1,2, Maria C Gallegos6, Carlos Serón7, Dariela Micheloud8, Jose Manuel Gomez8, Alberto Tenorio-Abreu9, María J Ramos9, M Lourdes Molina10, Samantha Huidobro11, Elia Sanchez12, Mónica Gordón5, Victoria Fernández6, Alberto del Castillo13, Ma Ángeles Marcos3, Beatriz Villanueva14, Carlos Javier López14, Mario Rodríguez-Domínguez15, Juan-Carlos Galan15, Rafael Cantón15, Aurora Lietor16, Silvia Rojo1,2, Jose M Eiros1,2, Carmen Hinojosa17, Isabel Gonzalez17, Nuria Torner18, David Banner19, Alberto Leon20, Pablo Cuesta21, Thomas Rowe19,22 and David J Kelvin19,20,22

Author Affiliations

1 National Centre of Influenza, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Avda Ramón y Cajal 3, Valladolid, 47005, Spain

2 Unidad de Investigación en Infección e Inmunidad- Microbiology Service,. Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid- IECSCYL, Avda Ramón y Cajal 3, Valladolid, 47005, Spain

3 Virology Laboratory, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Carrer de Casanova 143, Barcelona, 08036, Spain

4 Critical Care Department, Joan XXIII University Hospital-CIBERes Enfermedades Respiratorias-IISPV. Mallafre Guasch 4, Tarragona, 43007, Spain

5 Critical Care Department, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Avda Campanar 21, Valencia, 46009, Spain

6 Microbiology Service, Hospital Son Llatzer, Ctra. Manacor, km 4, Palma de Mallorca 07198, Spain

7 Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General San Jorge, Avenida Martínez De Velasco 36, Huesca, 22004ý, Spain

8 Intensive Care Unit & Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, C/Doctor Esquerdo 46, Madrid, 28007, Spain

9 Microbiology Service, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Carretera Del Rosario 145, Santa Cruz De Tenerifeý, 38009, Spain

10 Microbiology Service, Hospital General de La Palma, Buenavista de Arriba, s/n, Breña Alta, 38713, Spain

11 Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Carretera Del Rosario 145, Santa Cruz De Tenerifeý, 38009, Spain

12 Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Avenida Manuel Siurot s/n, Sevilla, 41013, Spain

13 Intensive Care Unit Service, Hospital Son Llatzer, Ctra. Manacor, km 4, Palma de Mallorca, 07198, Spain

14 Intensive Care Unit Service, Hospital Lozano Blesa, Avenida San Juan Bosco 15, Zaragozaý,50009, Spain

15 Microbiology Service, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & CIBERESP, Carretera Colmenar Viejo KM 9,100, Madrid, 28049, Spain

16 Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Carretera Colmenar Viejo KM 9,100, Madrid, 28049, Spain

17 Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Avda Ramón y Cajal 3, Valladolid, 47005, Spain

18 Preventive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario Valle Hebron & CIBERESP, Paseo Vall d'Hebron, 119-129, Barcelona, 08035, Spain

19 Experimental Theraputics Division, University Health Network, Medical Discovery Tower, 3rd floor Room 913-916,101 Collegue Street, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada

20 International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University, 22 Xinling Road, Shantou, Guangdong Province, 515031, PR China

21 Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de Villarobredo, Avenida Miguel de Cervantes s/n, Villarrobledo, 02600, Spain

22 Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Medical Discovery Tower, 3rd floor Room 913-916,101 Collegue Street, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada

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Critical Care 2009, 13:R201 doi:10.1186/cc8208


See related commentary by Fernández de Castro et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/1/115, related letter by Krstíc, http://ccforum.com/content/14/2/410, related letter by Kawashima et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/2/411 and related letter by Krystíc, http://ccforum.com/content/14/3/417

Published: 11 December 2009

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Table listing the immune mediators' profiles in serum during the early response against the nvH1N1 virus.

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