Cytokine | Experimental trypanosomiasis | HAT |
---|---|---|
TNF-α | ||
 1) | Associated with rapid disease progression [8] | |
 2) | ||
 3) | Mediate development of anemia [68] | No data |
 4) | Involvement in neuropathology and blood brain barrier dysfunction [15, 70] | No data |
IFN-γ | ||
 1) | Enhance parasite growth [74] | Neurological response involvement [13] |
 2) | No neurological response involvement [76] | |
 3) | Mediate development of anemia [73] | No data |
 4) | Involvement in neuropathology and blood brain barrier dysfunction [15, 75] | No data |
 5) | Fever induction [60] | No data |
IL-1β | ||
 1) | No involvement in disease progression or pathology [13] | |
TGF-β | ||
 1) | No data | Involvement in pathology [8] No involvement in pathology [13] |
IL-6 | ||
 1) | Reduction in neuropathology [15] | No defined role despite elevation in late stage [13, 72, 76, 92, 93] |
IL-10 | ||
 1) | No defined role despite elevation in late stage [8, 71, 72, 76, 93] |