[Interaction of Mycoplasma with immune system of animals and humans].
Mycoplasmal infections of animals and human belong to latent or chronic ones, being commonly accompanied with immunodeficiency symptoms. The following topics are discussed in this review: 1) a direct influence of mycoplasmas on the immune system cells with an interference and compression of the functional activity of these; 2) influence of mycoplasmas on the immune system via cytokine induction; 3) mitogenes and mitogenic action of mycoplasmas; 4) the role of mycoplasmas in the development of autoimmune processes. Basic host immune response to mycoplasma is presented in diagrams.
Borkhsenius
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Institute of Cytology RAS, St. Petersburg. borch@mail.cytspb.rssi.ru
Chernova
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Chernov
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D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000276:immunology*
D016207:Cytokines