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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 23(6/7): 567-71, 1990. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-92204

ABSTRACT

In the present we investigated whether the attenuating effect of chronica Trypanosoma cruzi (Tc) infection on adjuvant arthritis (AA) in the rat could be transferred to naive recipients. Transfer of whole spleen cells, but not of serum, from Tc-infected rats reduced AA (x ñ SEM: 11 ñ 0.5) in recipient animals (control values, x ñ SEM: 19 ñ 0.7). Transfer of a T-cell enriched subpopulation from spleen cells of Tc-infected rats (obtained by filtration through a nylon column) resulted in a similar attenuationb of AA (x ñ SEM: 7.5 ñ 2.2). The arthritic response of rats intraperitoneally inoculated with 2 x 10**5 Tc 48h before induction did not differ from that observed in controls. Neither parasites nor specific antibodies were observed in suckling mice inoculated with serum or cell suspensions employed in transfer experiments. Consequently, the depressive effect on AA could not be directly attributed to Tc per se. We hypothesize that a homeostatic immunosuppressor mechanism may be responsible for this phenomenon


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Animals , Rats , Mice , Male , Female , Arthritis, Experimental/immunology , Spleen/pathology , Chagas Disease/immunology , Antigens, Protozoan/immunology , Immunization, Passive , Mice, Inbred Strains , Rats, Inbred Strains , Trypanosoma cruzi/immunology
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Medicina (B.Aires) ; 49(3): 210-2, mayo-jun. 1989.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-86670

ABSTRACT

Se comentan los estudios en convivientes íntimos de enfermos de Lepra, donde se observó una relación inversa entre grado y tiempo de exposición al Mycobacterium leprae (MI) y la magnitud de la respuesta inmune in vivo hacia el bacilo (reacción de Mitsuda); esta variable por otro lado, se halla influenciada por un importante grado de determinación genética. En un modelo murino experimental, la artritis por adyuvante, también se comprobó que el tratamiento con MI inducia una población de células esplénicas supresoras, con actividad regulatoria sobre la respuesta inmune celular. Se plantean además, las posible alteraciones inmunorregulatorias involucradas con la excesiva respuesta humoral que sirve de sustrato para la generación del episodio de eritema nudoso leproso (ENL)


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Rats , Animals , Humans , Leprosy/immunology , Immunity, Cellular , Lepromin/immunology , Mycobacterium lepraemurium/immunology , Antibody Formation , Arthritis, Experimental/therapy , Leprosy/genetics , Lymphocyte Activation
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