Leishmania donovani Infection of a Susceptible Host Results in CD4+ T‐Cell Apoptosis and Decreased Th1 Cytokine Production
Leishmania donovani Infection of a Susceptible Host Results in CD4+ T‐Cell Apoptosis and Decreased Th1 Cytokine Production
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易感宿主的杜氏利什曼原虫感染导致 CD4+ T 细胞凋亡和 Th1 细胞因子产生减少
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
G. C. Mishra
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作者:
G. Das;H. Vohra;Kanury Rao;Bhaskar Saha;G. C. Mishra
The disease visceral leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoan parasite, Leishmania donovani and is characterized by depressed cell‐mediated immunity (CMI) and unhindered parasite growth in a susceptible host. The opposite trend is observed in a resistant host. However, the mechanism of this loss of CMI during the progressive disease is unknown as yet. In this report, we demonstrate that more than 40% of CD4+ T cells from a susceptible host undergo apoptosis resulting in a significant decrease in interleukin (IL)‐2 and interferon (IFN)‐γ secretion, leaving IL‐4 secretion unaffected. These changes are not apparent in the case of CD4+ T cells derived from a resistant host. The data reported here suggest that experimental Leishmania donovani infection leads to selective deletion of the IL‐2 and IFN‐γ‐secreting cells but not Th2‐like cells in a susceptible but not a resistant host.
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发表时间:
1994
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
影响因子:
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作者:
Corry,DB;Reiner,SL;Linsley,PS;Locksley,RM
通讯作者:
Locksley,RM
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
GREEN, SJ;SCHELLER, LF;NACY, CA
通讯作者:
NACY, CA