Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Does high expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in EV71-infected patients originate from EV71-infected cells?
Answer: Our data reveal that EV71 infection of four human cell lines induced VEGF mRNA expression but did not induce VEGF protein expression in the infected cells. Therefore, the increased VEGF protein expression in EV71-infected patients may be due to the influence of surrounding non-infected cells following stimulation of proinflammatory cytokines secreted from the infected cells.
Output (English): no