| Literature DB >> 7876612 |
L H Elson1, M Calvopiña, W Paredes, E Araujo, J E Bradley, R H Guderian, T B Nutman.
Abstract
Immunity to Onchocerca volvulus (Ov) infection is suggested by the presence of putatively immune (PI) subjects in a region of Ecuador in which Ov is endemic. PI subjects were identified by traditional diagnostic methods combined with a polymerase chain reaction-based assay for Ov DNA in skin snips. Responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from the PI group (n = 16) were compared with those of persons with active infection (microfiladermic [MF] subjects; n = 51). PBMC of PI subjects proliferated significantly more to Ov antigen (OvAg; P < .009) than did PBMC of MF persons but less to streptolysin-O (P < .001). Cytokine analysis of PBMC culture supernatants revealed that PI subjects (n = 11) produced significantly more interferon-gamma to OvAg than did those in the MF group (n = 18; P = .018), less interleukin (IL)-5 to nonparasite antigen (P = .003) and mitogen (P = .012), and less IL-10 spontaneously (P = .016). Thus, immunity to Ov may in part be mediated by an antigen-specific Th1-type response.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID： 7876612 DOI： 10.1093/infdis/171.3.652
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN： 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226