title: Role of gamma-delta T cells in murine Chlamydia trachomatis infection.
abstract: The role of gamma-delta T cells in host resistance to Chlamydia trachomatis was characterized by using a murine model of pneumonia caused by the mouse pneumonitis agent (MoPn), murine C. trachomatis. At days 3 and 7 after infection, gamma-delta T-cell-deficient knockout mice had significantly higher levels of MoPn in the lungs than did immunologically intact controls. At day 20, paradoxically, gamma-delta T-cell-deficient mice were more resistant to MoPn than were controls. This increased resistance was not due to an increased production of toxic cytokines or interleukin-10 in controls on that day. Gamma-delta T cells play a role in protection early in MoPn infection, but they may be deleterious later in infection, as has been observed in models of salmonella and trypanosome infection.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors: D M
authors: DM
authors: Williams
authors: B G
authors: BG
authors: Grubbs
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kelly
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Pack
authors: R G
authors: RG
authors: Rank
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008819:Mice, Nude; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000276:immunology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta