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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
The role of CD8 T lymphocytes in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection remains enigmatic, with persuasive reports of both cytolytic and noncytolytic (cytokine-mediated) responses to infection. To address the importance of the cytolytic mechanisms, mice with targeted disruptions for CD8 and perforin or with gene mutations in the CD95/ CD95L signaling pathway were exposed to pulmonary infection. All mice tested showed no differences in their ability to contain the growth of infection during the early phase of disease. As the chronic phase of the disease ensued, however, both CD8- and CD95/CD95L-deficient mice gradually lost their ability to limit bacterial growth. This was associated with a tendency toward pyogenic inflammation in the lung. This tendency was not seen in the perforin gene-disrupted mice. In CD8 gene-disrupted mice, the ability to generate interferon-gamma secreting T cells was unimpaired. Although these cells were capable of entering the lung they were unable to influence the increasing bacterial load in this organ.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1044-1549
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Immunity, Innate, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11159055-Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
CD8- and CD95/95L-dependent mechanisms of resistance in mice with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Mycobacterial Research Laboratories, Colorado State University, 200 W. Lake, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.