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ArticleMalaria journal2015

Splenic CD11c+ cells derived from semi-immune mice protect naïve mice against experimental cerebral malaria.

Lam Q Bao, Dang M Nhi, Nguyen T Huy, Mihoko Kikuchi, Tetsuo Yanagi, Shinjiro Hamano, Kenji Hirayama

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Article in Malaria journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lam Q BaoDepartment of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. lamquocbao@nagasaki-u.ac.jp.
Dang M Nhi
Nguyen T Huy
Mihoko Kikuchi
Tetsuo Yanagi
Shinjiro Hamano
Kenji Hirayama
Nagasaki University · JPNagasaki International University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImmunity to malaria requires innate, adaptive immune responses and Plasmodium-specific memory cells. Previously, mice semi-immune to malaria was developed. Three cycles of infection and cure ('three-cure') were required to protect mice against Plasmodium berghei (ANKA strain) infection.

methodsC57BL/6 J mice underwent three cycles of P. berghei infection and drug-cure to become semi-immune. The spleens of infected semi-immune mice were collected for flow cytometry analysis. CD11c(+) cells of semi-immune mice were isolated and transferred into naïve mice which were subsequently challenged and followed up by survival and parasitaemia.

resultsThe percentages of splenic CD4(+) and CD11c(+) cells were increased in semi-immune mice on day 7 post-infection. The proportion and number of B220(+)CD11c(+)low cells (plasmacytoid dendritic cells, DCs) was higher in semi-immune, three-cure mice than in their naïve littermates on day 7 post-infection (2.6 vs 1.1% and 491,031 vs 149,699, respectively). In adoptive transfer experiment, three months after the third cured P. berghei infection, splenic CD11c(+) DCs of non-infected, semi-immune, three-cure mice slowed Plasmodium proliferation and decreased the death rate due to neurological pathology in recipient mice. In addition, anti-P. berghei IgG1 level was higher in mice transferred with CD11c(+) cells of semi-immune, three-cure mice than mice transferred with CD11c(+) cells of naïve counterparts.

conclusionCD11c(+) cells of semi-immune mice protect against experimental cerebral malaria three months after the third cured malaria, potentially through protective plasmacytoid DCs and enhanced production of malaria-specific antibody.

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AnimalsCD11c AntigenDisease Models, AnimalFlow CytometryLeukocytes, MononuclearMalaria, CerebralMice, Inbred C57BLParasitemiaPlasmodium bergheiSpleenSurvival AnalysisCD11c Antigen

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PMCPMC4318192
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