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Medianisms of stimulation to Th1, Th2 cell in the filarical infection

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07670273
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 寄生虫学(含医用動物学)
Research InstitutionTokyo Medical and Dental University

Principal Investigator

FUJITA Koichiro  Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (90053107)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TSUKIDATE Setsuko  Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Medicine, Research fellow, 医学部, 助手 (40121256)
AKAO Nobuaki  Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (00126559)
宮坂 信之  東京医科歯科大学, 医学部, 教授 (30157622)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
KeywordsTh1 / Th2 / Brugia pahangi / Plasmodium berghei / IL-4 / IL-5 / IgE / IL-5 / Brugia pahani / Plasmodium bergi
Research Abstract

This study investigates the course of Plasmodium berghei malaria infection in CBA/J mice inoculated with irradiated attenuated 3rd-stage larvae (L3) of Brugia pahangi. Peripheral eosinophil counts, serum IgE levels and cytokine production revealed that the filarial antigen induced T-helper type 2 (Th2) cell predominance in these mice, which protected them against the development of cerebral malaria. These mice significantly prolonged their survival, compared with the control mice after P.berghei infection. All of the mice not inoculated with irradiated L3 died within 12 days with acute neurological manifestations unrelated to the level of parasitaemia after infection of P.berghei. Conversely, most of the inoculated mice lived more than 3 weeks following infection with P.berghei, dying in the fourth week of severe anemia and overwhelming parasitaemia. This suggests that Th2-dominant responses lead to the down-regulation of susceptibility to murine cerebral malaria.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1996 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1995 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All Other

All Publications (5 results)

  • [Publications] Y.yan,G.Inuo,N.Akao,S.Tsukidate&K.Fujita: "Doan-regulation of murine susceptibility to cerebral malaria by inoculation with third-stage larvae of the filarial nematode Brugia pahani" Parasitology. 114. (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Y.Yan, G.Inuo, N.Akao, S.Tsukidate & K.Fujita: "Down-regulation of murine susceptibility to cerebral malaria by inoculation with third-stage larvae of the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi" Parasitology. 114. (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Y.Yan,G.Inuo,N.Akao,S.Tsukidate & K.Fujita: "Down-regulation of murine susceptibility to cerebral malaria by inoculation with third-stage larvae of the filarial nematods Brugia pahani" Parasitology. 114. (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] OHARA H.,TSUKIDATE S.& FUJITA K.: "No antibody production observed against cuticle layer of Brugia pahangi in naturally infected rat" Jpn.J.parasital.44. 290-297 (1995)

    • Related Report
      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] INUO G.,AKAON.& FUJITA K.: "Helminth,Toxocara canis,antigen induces proliferative response of healthy human peripheral blood mononuclear cells" Parasite Immunology. 17. 77-84 (1995)

    • Related Report
      1995 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1995-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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