Article
Pregnancy impairs resistance of C57BL/6 mice to Leishmania major infection and causes decreased antigen-specific IFN-gamma response and increased production of T helper 2 cytokines.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jan 1996
Krishnan L, Guilbert L J, Russell A S, Wegmann T G, Mosmann T R, Belosevic M
Abstract excerpt
Resolution of cutaneous leishmaniasis in infected mice is associated with a polarized Th1 immune response by the host, whereas maternal immune responses during pregnancy appear to be biased toward humoral (Th2) and away from cell-mediated (Th1) responses. The objective of this study was to evalua...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Immunoglobulin G
- Interferon-gamma
- Interleukins
- Leishmania major
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL