| Literature DB >> 10672197 |
E G Rodrigues1, J Claassen, S Lee, J M Wilson, R S Nussenzweig, M Tsuji.
Abstract
Recombinant adenovirus, expressing the CS protein of Plasmodium yoelii, AdPyCS, was shown to induce a comparable degree of T cell-mediated protection against malaria as a single dose of irradiated P. yoelii sporozoites, causing inhibition of liver stage development. We now report that differently from sporozoite-induced immunity, interferon (IFN)-gamma does not mediate the protective immunity induced by AdPyCS, since a similar degree of protection was observed in AdPyCS immunized mice lacking IFN-gamma-/- and the IFN-gamma receptor (IFN-gammaR-/-) compared to that in wild-type mice. Depletion of CD8+ T cells from these immunized mice almost completely abolished the AdPyCS-induced immunity, indicating that the immunization with AdPyCS induces CD8+ T cell-mediated protective anti-malaria immunity, which is independent of IFN-gamma.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 10672197 DOI： 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2000.00289.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasite Immunol ISSN： 0141-9838 Impact factor: 2.280