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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
The number and distribution of gamma delta T cells in spleens from patients who died of cerebral malaria and from rhesus monkeys severely infected with Plasmodium coatneyi were examined by immunocytochemistry. gamma delta T cells were significantly increased in these spleens. In a rodent malaria model using Plasmodium chabaudi adami, an avirulent strain of murine malaria parasites, the degree of parasitemia appears to be modulated by the number of gamma delta T cells in the spleen. As parasitemia increases, these T cells increase in number. At some critical point, gamma delta T cells in collaboration with macrophages and alpha beta T cells apparently start to clear parasitized erythrocytes from the blood, leading to an abatement of the parasitemia, which is followed by a reduction in the number of gamma delta T cells. This gamma delta T cell phenomenon may be responsible for the self-limiting infection in mice.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-4894
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
391-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Malaria-induced increase of splenic gamma delta T cells in humans, monkeys, and mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't