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ArticleInfection and immunity1993

Schistosoma japonicum-infected mice show reduced hepatic fibrosis and eosinophilia and selective inhibition of interleukin-5 secretion by CD4+ cells after treatment with anti-interleukin-2 antibodies.

A W Cheever, Y Xu, A Sher, F D Finkelman, T M Cox, J G Macedonia

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Article in Infection and immunity, 1993. 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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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A W CheeverLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Y Xu
A Sher
F D Finkelman
T M Cox
J G Macedonia
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

Botulinum Toxin PlantibodiesR44AI052590 · NIAID · PLANET BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. · PI WYCOFF, KEITH · 2006 to 2008
$5.1M
Botulinum Toxin PlantibodiesR43AI052590 · NIAID · PLANET BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. · PI WYCOFF, KEITH · 2002 to 2002
$105k
NIAID NIH HHS AI 052590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schistosoma japonicum-infected mice were injected with antibodies to interleukin-2 (IL-2) and/or IL-2 receptor to clarify the role of IL-2 on the granulomatous reaction around schistosome eggs in the liver. Granulomas were of normal or slightly increased size in animals subjected to IL-2 blockade, but hepatic fibrosis was markedly decreased in treated animals 10 weeks after infection. Anti-IL-2 treatment significantly decreased the in vitro secretion of IL-5 by antigen-stimulated spleen cells, and peripheral eosinophilia and tissue eosinophilia were diminished. Secretion of IL-2, IL-4, and gamma interferon was unaffected. Our results indicate that IL-2 is not an essential determinant of granuloma size in S. japonicum-infected mice but that, as in Schistosoma mansoni infection, the development of hepatic fibrosis is critically dependent on IL-2 levels and granuloma size and hepatic fibrosis are differentially regulated.

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AnimalsAntibodiesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesEosinophiliaFemaleGranulomaInterleukin-2Interleukin-4Interleukin-5LiverMiceMice, Inbred C3HSchistosomiasis japonicaT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerAntibodiesInterleukin-2Interleukin-4Interleukin-5

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PMID8095922
PMCPMC281360
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