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Regulatory T cells prevent control of experimental African trypanosomiasis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Feb 2008
Wei Guojian, Tabel Henry
Abstract excerpt
African trypanosomes are single-cell, extra-cellular blood parasites causing profound immunosuppression. Susceptible BALB/c mice infected s.c. into a footpad with 10(4) Trypanosoma congolense die with fulminating parasitemia within 10 days. We injected BALB/c mice 2 days before such an infection with different doses of a depleting mAb specific for CD25, a surface marker of regulatory T cells (Tregs). Pretreatment...
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