| Literature DB >> 16552072 |
Yoshimasa Maeno1, Shusuke Nakazawa, Naoki Yamamoto, Masanori Shinzato, Shigeo Nagashima, Kumiko Tanaka, Jun Sasaki, Susan R Rittling, David T Denhardt, Toshimitsu Uede, Koki Taniguchi.
Abstract
Osteopontin (OPN) knockout mice (OPN-KO mice) died of Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi infection, although wild-type (WT) mice had self-limiting infections. OPN was detected in the WT mice at 2 days postinfection. OPN-KO mice produced significantly smaller amounts of interleukin-12 and gamma interferon than WT mice produced. These results suggested that OPN is involved in Th1-mediated immunity against malaria infection.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16552072 PMCID: PMC1418913 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2423-2427.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441