Changes of Peripheral Blood T Lymphocytes,IFN-?,TNF-? and IL-4 in Rats Infected by Toxoplasma gondii / 中国寄生虫学与寄生虫病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the changes of peripheral blood T lymphocytes,IFN-?,TNF-? and IL-4 in rats infected by T.gondii.Methods 48 Sprague-Dawley(SD)rats were intra-abdominally injected with 2?105/L of cellulose purified living tachyzoites in 2 ml and randomly divided into 8 groups.Six rat was intra-abdominally injected 2 ml of saline as control and 4 rats were remained as normal control.Peripheral blood was collected and the level of IFN-?,TNF-?,IL-4 was analyzed by ELISA on day 1,3,7,14,28,35,42,60.Results Level of IFN-?(6.73 pg/ml)and IL-4(6.91 pg/ml)increased in experimental rats on day 7(P