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ArticleImmunology2009

Neither interleukin-4 receptor alpha expression on CD4+ T cells, or macrophages and neutrophils is required for protective immunity to Trichinella spiralis.

Chesney E Michels, Hannah E Scales, Karin A Saunders, S McGowan, Frank Brombracher, James Alexander, Catherine E Lawrence

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Article in Immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Chesney E MichelsStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Hannah E Scales
Karin A Saunders
S McGowan
Frank Brombracher
James Alexander
Catherine E Lawrence
University of Strathclyde · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The T helper type 2 (Th2) mediated expulsion of the gastrointestinal nematode Trichinella spiralis requires interleukin-4 receptor alpha (IL-4Ralpha) expression on both bone-marrow-derived and non-bone-marrow-derived cells. To more definitively investigate the role of IL-4/IL-13 responsiveness in the development of protective immunity to T. spiralis, cell-specific IL-4Ralpha signalling on CD4(+) T cells (Lck(cre) IL-4Ralpha(-/flox)) and macrophages/neutrophils (LysM(cre) IL-4Ralpha(-/flox)) was analysed on the BALB/c background. Infection of wild-type and control IL-4Ralpha(-/flox) mice induced a Th2-type immune response with elevated IL-4 cytokine production, parasite-specific immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1), total IgE, intestinal mastocytosis and enteropathy. In contrast, global IL-4Ralpha-deficient BALB/c mice showed reduced worm expulsion, antibody production, intestinal mastocytosis and gut pathology. BALB/c mice generated with cell-specific deletion of IL-4Ralpha on CD4(+) T lymphocytes or macrophages/neutrophils, controlled gastrointestinal helminth infection by eliciting a protective immune response comparable to that observed with wild-type and IL-4Ralpha(-/flox) controls. Together, this shows that the development of host protective Th2 responses accompanied by parasite loss is independent of IL-4Ralpha expression on CD4(+) T cells and macrophages/neutrophils.

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AnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunoglobulin EImmunoglobulin GInterleukin-4 Receptor alpha SubunitIntestine, SmallMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, KnockoutNeutrophilsReceptors, Cell SurfaceTrichinella spiralisTrichinellosisIl4ra protein, mouseImmunoglobulin EImmunoglobulin GInterleukin-4 Receptor alpha SubunitReceptors, Cell Surface

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PMID19191917
PMCPMC2753907
OpenAlexW1996442480

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