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Depletion of endogenous gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) with anti-IFN-gamma monoclonal antibody resulted in increased numbers of Brucella abortus in the spleen and liver of infected CBA mice. This increase was accompanied by a decrease in splenomegaly and a lower proportion of macrophages in the spleen. Furthermore, treatment of recipient mice with anti-IFN-gamma antibody blocked the adoptive transfer of resistance with immune T cells. Together, the results indicated that endogenous IFN-gamma plays an important role in mediating resistance to primary and secondary Brucella infection.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8406893 PMCID: PMC281252 DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.11.4899-4901.1993
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441