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ArticleInfection and immunity1999

Specificity and function of immunogenic peptides from the 35-kilodalton protein of Mycobacterium leprae.

R J Wilkinson, K A Wilkinson, S Jurcevic, A Hills, S Sinha, U Sengupta, D N Lockwood, K Katoch, D Altman, J Ivanyi

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Article in Infection and immunity, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

R J WilkinsonMRC Clinical Sciences Center, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom.
K A Wilkinson
S Jurcevic
A Hills
S Sinha
U Sengupta
D N Lockwood
K Katoch
D Altman
J Ivanyi
Hammersmith Hospital · GBNational JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases · INCentral Drug Research Institute · INLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBNorthwick Park Hospital · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We identified a T-cell determinant of the 35-kDa antigen of Mycobacterium leprae which is discriminatory against cross-sensitization by its closely related homologue in Mycobacterium avium. From synthetic peptides covering the entire sequence, those with the highest affinity and permissive binding to purified HLA-DR molecules were evaluated for the stimulation of proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from leprosy patients and healthy sensitized controls. Responses to the peptide pair 206-224, differing by four residues between M. leprae and M. avium, involved both species-specific and cross-reactive T cells. Lymph node cell proliferation in HLA-DRB1*01 transgenic mice was reciprocally species specific, but only the response to the M. leprae peptide in the context of DR1 was immunodominant. Of the cytokines in human PBMC cultures, gamma interferon production was negligible, while interleukin 10 (IL-10) responses in both patients and controls were more pronounced. IL-10 was most frequently induced by the shared 241-255 peptide, indicating that environmental cross-sensitization may skew the response toward a potentially pathogenic cytokine phenotype.

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AnimalsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCytokinesHLA-DR AntigensHLA-DRB1 ChainsHumansLeprosyLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, TransgenicMolecular WeightMycobacterium aviumMycobacterium lepraePeptide FragmentsSpecies SpecificityAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCytokinesHLA-DR AntigensHLA-DRB1 ChainsPeptide Fragments

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PMID10024600
PMCPMC96486
OpenAlexW2143797134

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