A process by which a symbiont inhibits or disrupts pro-inflammatory cytokine signaling in the host organism, either by disruption of production, sequesteration, or destruction of at least one component of the signaling pathway. Pro-inflammatory cytokines include: IL-1, IL-12, IL-18, TNF, IFN-gamma, and GM-CSF. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.
symbiont-mediated sequestering of host pro-inflammatory cytokine