| Autor: |
W R, Weiss, M F, Good, M R, Hollingdale, L H, Miller, J A, Berzofsky |
| Rok vydání: |
1989 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 143(12) |
| ISSN: |
0022-1767 |
| Popis: |
Using a rodent malaria system, we have shown that protective immunity to the preerythrocytic stages of malaria is genetically controlled by MHC and non-MHC genes. Ten congenic strains of mice were immunized with irradiated sporozoites of Plasmodium yoelii. When challenged with viable sporozoites, only two strains had a high proportion of animals that did not develop blood stage infections. Immunity did not correlate with antisporozoite antibody levels. Two protective mechanisms exist determined by non-H-2 genes, and each mechanism is further controlled by H-2-linked Ir genes. On the BALB background only H-2d mice are protected, and protection is abolished by depleting CD8+ T cells. In contrast, on the B10 background only H-2q mice are strongly protected, and protection is not affected by CD8+ T cell depletion. If similar complex genetic regulation of immunity occurs in the human malarias, it will be a major hurdle for vaccine development. |
| Databáze: |
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