title: Neutralization of tumor necrosis factor alpha suppresses antigen-specific type 1 cytokine responses and reverses the inhibition of mycobacterial survival in cocultures of immune guinea pig T lymphocytes and infected macrophages.
abstract: Neutralization of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) significantly down-regulated antigen-induced lymphoproliferation and the expression of interleukin-12 p40 and gamma interferon mRNA and enhanced the viability of intracellular attenuated and virulent mycobacteria in cocultures of immune T cells and macrophages obtained from Mycobacterium bovis BCG-vaccinated guinea pigs. This suggests the crucial role of TNF-alpha in the activation of a type 1 T-cell response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, 407 Reynolds Medical Building, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA. HScho@medicine.tamu.edu
authors.forename: Hyosun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: David N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: McMurray
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D053762:Interleukin-12 Subunit p40; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D016207:Cytokines; D053762:Interleukin-12 Subunit p40; D021122:Protein Subunits; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D018664:Interleukin-12; D007371:Interferon-gamma