Diminished production of T helper 1 cytokines and lack of induction of IL-2R+ T cells correlate with T-cell unresponsiveness in rhesus monkeys chronically infected with Brugia malayi

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-85

  Giambartolomei, Guillermo H ^a,c   Lasater, Barbara L ^a   Villinger, François ^b   Dennis, Vida A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blastogenesis; BmA, B. Malayi adult antigen; Brugia malayi; Cytokines; Filariasis; IL 2; Macaca mulatta; mf, microfilaria; NRM, nonresponder monkeys; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Rhesus monkey; RM, responder monkeys; Th1; Th2; UM, uninfected monkeys; Unresponsiveness

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; HELPER CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; MACACA MULATTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031753658     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4312     Document Type: Article

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