کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10927193 1092399 2005 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Immunostimulatory activity of major membrane protein-II from Mycobacterium leprae
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی بیولوژی سلول
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Immunostimulatory activity of major membrane protein-II from Mycobacterium leprae
چکیده انگلیسی
We examined the antigenicity of an immunomodulatory protein, major membrane protein (MMP)-II, from Mycobacterium leprae, since host defense against M. leprae largely depends on adaptive immunity. Both unprimed and memory T cells from healthy individuals were stimulated by autologous MMP-II-pulsed monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs) to produce IFN-γ. The DC-mediated IFN-γ production was dependent on the expression of MHC, CD86, and MMP-II antigens. Memory T cells from paucibacillary (PB) leprosy more extensively responded to MMP-II-pulsed DCs than T cells from healthy individuals, while comparable IFN-γ was produced by unprimed T cells. Memory T cells from multibacillary leprosy, which are normally believed to be anergic, were activated similarly to those from healthy individuals by MMP-II-pulsed DCs. These results suggest that memory T cells from PB leprosy are primed with MMP-II prior to the manifestation of the disease, and MMP-II is highly antigenic in terms of activation of adaptive immunity.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Cellular Immunology - Volume 233, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 53-60
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