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ArticleParasitology research2003

CD4+ and CD19+ splenocytes undergo apoptosis during an experimental murine infection with Taenia crassiceps.

Sergio López-Briones, Edda Sciutto, José Luis Ventura, Alejandro Zentella, Gladis Fragoso

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Article in Parasitology research, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sergio López-BrionesInstituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), AP 70228, C.P. 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.
Edda Sciutto
José Luis Ventura
Alejandro Zentella
Gladis Fragoso
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXInstituto Nacional de Cardiología · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Taenia crassiceps cysticercus is a cestode that naturally and experimentally infects rodents in which it reproduces by budding. In the laboratory, a persistent cellular immunosuppression with a concomitant increasing load of parasites has been observed in experimentally infected BALB/cAnN mice. In this study, enhanced apoptosis was found in spleen cells from 30-day infected mice with a typical "ladder-patterned" DNA fragmentation and an increase in phosphatidylserine expression. A characteristic poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage indicates that this cell death is caspase-mediated. Apoptosis was detected in the CD4(+) and CD19(+) splenocytes of infected mice after in vitro stimulation with cysticercal antigens. Considering previous results on the crucial role that CD4(+) T cells play in controlling the extent of infection, apoptosis in this T-lymphocyte subpopulation induced by T. crassiceps cysticerci could be responsible for the immunosuppression that underlies parasite success.

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ApoptosisAnimalsAntigens, CD19Antigens, HelminthCaspasesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedDNA FragmentationFemaleFlow CytometryMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPhosphatidylserinesPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesSpleenTaeniaAntigens, CD19Antigens, HelminthCaspasesPhosphatidylserinesPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases

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