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ArticleInfection and immunity2008

Effects of CXCL10 on dendritic cell and CD4+ T-cell functions during Leishmania amazonensis infection.

René E Vasquez, Lijun Xin, Lynn Soong

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

René E VasquezDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1070, USA.
Lijun Xin
Lynn Soong
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASISR01AI043003 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI SOONG, LYNN · 1999 to 2010
$2.3M
Pathogenic Mechanisms of Cutaneous LeishmaniasisR56AI043003 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI SOONG, LYNN · 2012 to 2012
$306k
NIAID NIH HHS AI043003NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI043003NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI043003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leishmania amazonensis can cause progressive disease in most inbred strains of mice. We have previously reported that treatment with CXCL10 activates macrophage (MPhi) effector function(s) in parasite killing and significantly delays lesion development in susceptible C57BL/6 mice via enhanced gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and interleukin 12 (IL-12) secretion; however, the mechanism underlying this enhanced immunity against L. amazonensis infection remains largely unresolved. In this study, we utilized stationary promastigotes to infect bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DCs) of C57BL/6 mice and assessed the activation of DC subsets and the capacity of these DC subsets to prime CD4+ T cells in vitro. We found that CXCL10 induced IL-12 p40 production but reduced IL-10 production in uninfected DCs. Yet L. amazonensis-infected DCs produced elevated levels of IL-10 despite CXCL10 treatment. Elimination of endogenous IL-10 led to increased IL-12 p40 production in DCs as well as increased proliferation and IFN-gamma production by in vitro-primed CD4+ T cells. In addition, CXCL10-treated CD4+ T cells became more responsive to IL-12 via increased expression of the IL-12 receptor beta2 chain and produced elevated levels of IFN-gamma. This report indicates the utility of CXCL10 in generating a Th1-favored, proinflammatory response, which is a prerequisite for controlling Leishmania infection.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedChemokine CXCL10Dendritic CellsGene DeletionGene Expression RegulationInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Interleukin-12 Subunit p40LeishmaniaLeishmaniasisMiceMice, Inbred C57BLProtein SubunitsReceptors, Interleukin-12Chemokine CXCL10Cxcl10 protein, mouseInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Interleukin-12 Subunit p40Protein SubunitsReceptors, Interleukin-12

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PMID17998308
PMCPMC2223631
OpenAlexW2055492105

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