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1321533

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-20
pubmed:abstractText
It was suspected that feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection would affect the function of feline macrophages, and that the concomitant infection of cats with FIV and Toxoplasma gondii would cause even greater changes in macrophage function. Sixteen specific-pathogen-free kittens, four per group, were infected either with FIV, T. gondii, both pathogens, or neither pathogen. After the cats had been infected with FIV for 14 weeks (8 weeks after T. gondii infection), peritoneal macrophages were collected. Some macrophages were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and supernatants were collected for the measurement of interleukin-1 production. Other macrophages were infected with T. gondii in a microbiocidal assay. Peritoneal macrophages from cats infected with FIV had decreased interleukin-1 secretion and increased antimicrobial activity. Co-infection with T. gondii apparently had no effect on these modifications of macrophage activity. Thus, acute FIV infection alone caused significant changes in macrophage functions that were not affected by concomitant T. gondii infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0165-2427
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Macrophage functions in cats experimentally infected with feline immunodeficiency virus and Toxoplasma gondii.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't