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Microbes Infect
; 20(6): 385-390, 2018.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29886263
ABSTRACT
In vitro studies have demonstrated that GM-CSF in combination with other stimulatory factors induces a microbicidal response that control T. gondii infection. We assessed whether GM-CSF alone can control T. gondii replication in murine microglial cultures. Microglia were collected and cultured with or without GM-CSF and the half of each group was infected with T. gondii. We determined the T. gondii infectivity, cytokines levels, NO and superoxide detection. GM-CSF alone primes microglia, which after infection induces the production of TNF-α and IL-6, leading to NO and superoxide production, without any stimulus from IL-12p70 and IFN-γ.