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3093572

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
The pathogenic importance of L3T4+ T cells in the development of murine cerebral malaria was demonstrated by the following observations. First, in vivo administration of an anti-L3T4 monoclonal antibody protected Plasmodium berghei-infected CBA mice from the development of neurologic symptoms and acute death. In contrast, injection with an MAb directed against the Ly.2+ T cell subset had no protective effect. Second, thymectomized, irradiated, and bone marrow reconstituted (ATxBM) CBA mice did not develop acute cerebral malaria when infected by P. berghei, although parasitemia and anemia rose to the same extent as in normal P. berghei-infected CBA mice. The occurrence of lethal neurologic perturbations could be restored in ATxBM mice selectively reconstituted with L3T4+ Ly.2-lymphocytes but not with Ly.2+ L3T4- cells. Third, adoptive transfer of L3T4+ cells from mice dying of cerebral malaria into euthymic mice subsequently infected by P. berghei led to an acceleration of the disease. These results confirm that cerebral malaria in mice is the expression of immunopathologic reactions and outline the particular pathogenic importance of L3T4+ T cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
137
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2348-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
L3T4+ T lymphocytes play a major role in the pathogenesis of murine cerebral malaria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't