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Induction and suppression of cross-reactive antituberculosis immunity after Mycobacterium lepraemurium infection of mice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6785237     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Mice immunized with 10(8) live Mycobacterium lepraemurium in the footpad showed increased resistance to infection with BCG or M. tuberculosis R1Rv. This resistance could be transferred adoptively with lymphoid cells, signifying that the immunity was cross-reactive rather than nonspecific. Adoptive cross-reactive immunity to M. tuberculosis was also conferred by spleen cells from mice immunized with large doses of living or dead M. lepraemurium intravenously, a route of immunization that suppresses the induction of cell-mediated immunity to that organism. The presence of specific suppressor activity was sought in mice immunized intravenously with M. lepraemurium. It was found that mice preimmunized intravenously with living or dead M. lepraemurium and then infected with BCG did not confer levels of adoptive antituberculosis immunity as high as those conferred by mice immunized with BCG alone. Similarly, a mixture of BCG-sensitized and M. lepraemurium-sensitized cells did not convey as much immunity as BCG-sensitized cells alone, signifying suppression of the effector lymphocytes.
Authors:
M J Lefford; P S Logie
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Infection and immunity     Volume:  31     ISSN:  0019-9567     ISO Abbreviation:  Infect. Immun.     Publication Date:  1981 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1981-07-20     Completed Date:  1981-07-20     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0246127     Medline TA:  Infect Immun     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1023-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Antigens, Bacterial
Cross Reactions
Female
Immune Tolerance
Immunity, Cellular
Immunization
Mice
Mycobacterium Infections / immunology*
Mycobacterium bovis / immunology*
Mycobacterium lepraemurium / immunology*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology*
Spleen / immunology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AI-07015/AI/NIAID NIH HHS; AI-17306/AI/NIAID NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antigens, Bacterial
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