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We studied associations between inflammasome-associated cytokines IL-1\u03b2 and IL-18 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with bacterial meningitis and clinical outcome, and pneumococcal serotype. In a murine model of pneumococcal meningitis we examined the pathophysiological roles of two inflammasome proteins, NLRP3 (Nod-like receptor protein-3) and adaptor protein ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In a nationwide prospective cohort study, CSF cytokine levels were measured and related to clinical outcome and pneumococcal serotype. In a murine model of pneumococcal meningitis using <jats:italic>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> serotype 3, we examined bacterial titers, cytokine profiles and brain histology at 6 and 30 hours after inoculation in wild-type (WT), <jats:italic>Asc<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Nlrp3<\/jats:italic> deficient mice.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In patients with bacterial meningitis, CSF levels of inflammasome associated cytokines IL-1\u03b2 and IL-18 were related to complications, and unfavorable disease outcome. CSF levels of IL-1\u03b2 were associated with pneumococcal serotype (p&lt;0.001). In our animal model, <jats:italic>Asc<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Nlrp3<\/jats:italic> deficient mice had decreased systemic inflammatory responses and bacterial outgrowth as compared to WT mice. Differences between <jats:italic>Asc<\/jats:italic>\n              <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> and WT mice appeared sooner after bacterial inoculation and were more widespread (lower pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in both blood and brain homogenate) than in <jats:italic>Nlrp3<\/jats:italic>\n              <jats:sup>-\/-<\/jats:sup>mice. <jats:italic>Nlrp3<\/jats:italic> deficiency was associated with an increase of cerebral neutrophil infiltration and cerebral hemorrhages when compared to WT controls.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Our results implicate an important role for inflammasome proteins NLRP3 and ASC in the regulation of the systemic inflammatory response and the development of cerebral damage during pneumococcal meningitis, which may dependent on the pneumococcal serotype.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2334-13-358","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,7,31]],"date-time":"2013-07-31T14:14:42Z","timestamp":1375280082000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":51,"title":["Inflammasome activation mediates inflammation and outcome in humans and mice with pneumococcal meningitis"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Madelijn","family":"Geldhoff","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Barry B","family":"Mook-Kanamori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Matthijs C","family":"Brouwer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dirk","family":"Troost","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jaklien C","family":"Leemans","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Richard A","family":"Flavell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Arie","family":"Van der Ende","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tom","family":"Van der Poll","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Diederik","family":"Van de Beek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,7,31]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"2567_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"467","DOI":"10.1128\/CMR.00070-09","volume":"23","author":"MC Brouwer","year":"2010","unstructured":"Brouwer MC, Tunkel AR, van de Beek D: Epidemiology, diagnosis, and antimicrobial treatment of acute bacterial meningitis. 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