The Role of Airway Epithelial Cells in Response to Mycobacteria Infection

Table 2

Epithelial cell produced chemokines and cytokines against mycobacteria infections.

Inflammatory factor	Producing cells	Reference
TNF-α	Alveolar epithelial cells	[9, 65]
IFN-γ	Alveolar epithelial cells	[66]
GM-CSF	Bronchial epithelial cells	[105]
IL-1	Airway epithelial cells	[76]
IL-4	Human bronchial epithelial cells	[72]
IL-6	Alveolar epithelial cells	[65]
IL-8 (CXCL8)	Airway epithelial cells,; alveolar epithelial cells	[65, 66, 76]
IL-10	Bronchial epithelial cells	[73]
IL-18	Human alveolar type II cells	[74, 75]
IL-27	Bronchial epithelial cells	[73]
IP-10	Alveolar epithelial cells,; bronchial epithelial cells	[67, 76–78]
MIG	Bronchoepithelial cells	[78]
I-TAC	Bronchoepithelial cells	[78]
MCP-1	Alveolar epithelial cells	[67, 76, 77]

IP-10: interferon-inducible protein-10; MIG: monokine induced by IFN-gamma; I-TAC: IFN-inducible T-cell alpha-chemoattractant; MCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1.