title: Effect of macrophage infection by Leishmania on the proliferation of an antigen-specific T-cell line, TPB1, to a non-parasite antigen.
abstract: The ability of Leishmania mexicana amazonensis to inhibit antigen specific T-cell proliferation against a non-parasite polypeptide antigen, poly(LTyr, LGlu)-poly(DLAla)--poly(LLys), was examined. Infection of mouse peritoneal macrophages by promastigotes blocked the proliferation of the T-cell line, TPB1. This effect was correlated with the level of parasite infection, and the timing of macrophage infection and antigen addition. Peritoneal macrophages from both BALB/b and C57BL/6 mice showed reduced ability to serve as antigen presenting cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Membrane Research and Biophysics, MacArthur Center for Molecular Biology of Tropical Diseases, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lytton
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mozes
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Jaffe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007894:Leishmania mexicana / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; C021759:(T,G)-A-L