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Infect Immun. 1993 September; 61(9): 3730-3738

Gamma interferon response in secondary Leishmania major infection: role of CD8+ T cells.

I Müller, P Kropf, R J Etges and J A Louis

World Health Organization Immunology Research and Training Centre, Epalinges, Switzerland.

ABSTRACT

CD8+ T cells have been shown to contribute to the rapid resolution of secondary lesions developing in immune mice challenged with Leishmania major. In the present study, we assessed directly the participation of specific CD8+ T cells in the memory response induced in immune mice by reinfection. Lymphocyte populations from reinfected immune mice exhibit marked secondary gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) responses. The participation of IFN-gamma-producing CD8+ T cells in the memory response elicited by secondary infectious challenge was demonstrated in both genetically resistant immune CBA mice and genetically susceptible immune BALB/c mice that were rendered resistant by administration of anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody in the early phase of the primary infection. The protective function of CD8+ T cells in experimental murine cutaneous leishmaniasis might thus be explained in part by their ability to secrete IFN-gamma. In this context, the neutralization of IFN-gamma at the time of reinfection reduced the Leishmania-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity response, showing that this cytokine is involved in the recall of immunological memory to L. major in vivo.

Infect Immun. 1993 September; 61(9): 3730-3738




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