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Dissociation of disease susceptibility, inflammation and cytokine profile in Imr1/2 congenic mice infected with Leishmania major
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Elso, CM and Kumar, B and Smyth, G and Foote, SJ and Handman, E, Dissociation of disease susceptibility, inflammation and cytokine profile in Imr1/2 congenic mice infected with Leishmania major, Genes and Immunity, 5, (3) pp. 188-196 if. ISSN 1466-4879 (2004) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364056
Abstract
Severity of disease caused by Leishmania major depends on the genetics of the host. Early induction of T helper cell type 1 (Th1)-type responses in resistant C57BL/6 mice and T helper cell type 2 (Th2) in susceptible BALB/c mice is thought to determine cure or disease respectively. We have mapped three loci that confer susceptibility or resistance upon congenic mice on the C57BL/6 or BALB/c backgrounds. Here we examine the histopathology and production of interleukin 4 (IL-4) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) in the skin and draining lymph nodes in the congenic and parental mice. We show an evolving granuloma with a staged infiltration of inflammatory cells, but no difference between the groups. As an indication of an early-polarised Th1/Th2 response we measured IFN-γ and IL-4 in the lymph nodes and found no difference between any of the mice during the first 48 h. During infection, the level of IL-4 correlated with the lesion size, indicating that IL-4 reflects the disease severity rather than controls it. Considering this effect, B6.C(lmr1,lmr2) mice had similar cytokine levels to the parental C57BL/6 mice despite increased susceptibility and C.B6(lmr1,lmr2) were similar to BALB/c despite increased resistance. We conclude that the lmr loci affect disease severity by a mechanism independent of conventional helper T-cell responses. © 2004 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Clinical sciences |
Research Field: | Infectious diseases |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Foote, SJ (Professor Simon Foote) |
ID Code: | 34962 |
Year Published: | 2004 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 14 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Centre |
Deposited On: | 2005-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2007-05-29 |
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