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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
After vaccination with tetanus toxoid (TT), TT-specific immune responses in humans infected with Schistosoma mansoni were assessed. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from vaccinated infected subjects and vaccinated uninfected controls were evaluated for their ability to produce cytokines characteristic of Th1 or Th2 cells (interferon [IFN]-gamma or interleukin [IL]-4, respectively) after in vitro restimulation with TT. TT-specific IFN-gamma production by PBMC from infected subjects was inversely related to infection intensity and was significantly lower than TT-specific IFN-gamma production by control PBMC. PBMC from all of the infected subjects and 3 of the 5 controls analyzed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction transcribed the IL-4 gene in response to TT restimulation. Together, these results suggest that S. mansoni-infected persons mount a Th2-like response to the bystander antigen TT, while uninfected persons mount a Th1- or Th0-like response.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
173
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
269-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Electrophoresis, Agar Gel, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Leukocytes, Mononuclear, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Schistosoma mansoni, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Schistosomiasis mansoni, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Tetanus, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Tetanus Toxoid, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Th2 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8537675-Vaccination
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Impairment of tetanus toxoid-specific Th1-like immune responses in humans infected with Schistosoma mansoni.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-6401, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.