| Autor: |
Chakkalath, H R, Siddiqui, A A, Shankar, A H, Dobson, D E, Beverley, S M, Titus, R G |
| Zdroj: |
Infection and Immunity; February 2000, Vol. 68 Issue: 2 p809-14, 6p |
| Abstrakt: |
To determine whether an ongoing response to Leishmania major would affect the response to a non-cross-reacting, non-leishmanial antigen, susceptible BALB/c mice and resistant C3H mice were infected with L. major parasites expressing Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (beta-GAL); this parasite was designated L. major-betaGAL. BALB/c and C3H mice responded to infection with L. major-betaGAL by mounting a CD4 T-cell response to both parasite antigens and to the reporter antigen, beta-GAL. The phenotypes of these T cells were characterized after generating T-cell lines from infected mice. As expected, BALB/c mice responded to infection with L. major-betaGAL by producing interleukin 4 in response to the parasite and C3H mice produced gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in response to the parasite and beta-GAL. Interestingly, however, BALB/c mice produced IFN-gamma in response to beta-GAL. Taken together, these results demonstrate that priming of IFN-gamma-producing cells can occur in BALB/c mice despite the fact the animals are simultaneously mounting a potent Th2 response to L. major. |
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