Reduced lymphocyte response to mitogens in patients with Bancroftian filariasis

Narayanan, P R and Vanamala, C R and Alamelu, Raja and Kumaraswami, V and Tripathy, S P and Prabhakar, R (1986) Reduced lymphocyte response to mitogens in patients with Bancroftian filariasis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 80 (1). pp. 78-84. ISSN Print: 0035-9203; Online:1878-3503

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Abstract

Peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with acute and chronic Wuchereria bancrofti infections responded poorly to concanavalin A, phytohaemagglutinin and pokeweed mitogen when cultured in heat-inactivated pooled normal serum. The lymphocyte response to mitogens in carriers of microfilariae (mff) were normal. The suppression of transformation to mitogens was not reversible by the removal of plastic adherent cells. Incubation with mitogens and the adult filarial worm antigen (BmA) did not alter the mitogen response either in control subjects or in filarial patients. The possible mechanism of immunosuppression is discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Laboratory Research > Immunological Filariasis
Divisions:	Basic Science Research > Immunology
Depositing User:	Dr. Rathinasabapati R
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2013 10:36
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2016 08:52
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/203

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