The absence of gamma-interferon production of S. mansoni antigens in patients with schistosomiasis
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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27(7): 1619-1625, Jul. 1994.
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ABSTRACT
No gamma-interferon production was observed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) cultures from 45 patients living in an endemic area of schistosomiasis in Brazil following in vitro stimulation with schistosomula or adult worm antigens from Schistosoma mansoni (4.9 +/- 24 and 1.0 +/- 3.4 pg/ml, respectively). This immunological abnormality was observed in patients both with a high degree of infection (> or = 400 eggs/g feces) and with a low degree of infection (< 400 eggs/g feces), and was independent of the degree of natural exposure to infection. This absence of gamma-interferon production was antigen specific since high levels of this cytokine were detected in the same patients when their cells were stimulated with PPD (247 +/- 179 pg/ml) or PHA (408 +/- 328 pg/ml). In two of four subjects cured of a previous S. mansoni infection and currently living outside the endemic area, gamma-IFN was produced when their PBMC were stimulated with adult worm antigen (75 +/- 2.5 pg/ml).
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Asunto principal:
Schistosoma mansoni
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Esquistosomiasis mansoni
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Interferón gamma
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Antígenos Helmínticos
Límite:
Animales
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Asunto de la revista:
Biologia
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Medicina
Año:
1994
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)/BR
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