In recent studies, the interleukin (IL)-36 cytokines were shown to be elevated in women with non-Lactobacillus-dominated vaginal microbiomes. In this study, we evaluated IL36G expression in clinical samples from women with and without bacterial vaginosis (BV) and a human 3-dimensional cervical epithelial cell model. IL36G expression was significantly elevated in cervicovaginal epithelial cells isolated from BV-positive women and corresponded with increased neutrophil counts relative to BV-negative women. In addition, specific BV-associated bacterial species as well as a polymicrobial cocktail significantly induced IL36G expression in vitro. These findings suggest that IL-36γmay exhibit an important function in the host response to BV and other sexually transmitted infections.
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Gardner, J. K., Łaniewski, P., Knight, A., Haddad, L. B., Swaims-Kohlmeier, A., & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2020). Interleukin-36γIs Elevated in Cervicovaginal Epithelial Cells in Women with Bacterial Vaginosis and in Vitro after Infection with Microbes Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 221(6), 983–988. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz514
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