Akuffo H, Maasho K, Howe R
Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge Hospital, Sweden.
Clin Exp Immunol. 1993 Dec;94(3):516-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1993.tb08227.x.
Cells from normal non-Leishmania-exposed individuals could respond in vitro by proliferation and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production to Leishmania aethiopica stimulation. The main cell type that appeared to be activated following such stimulation was CD3-, CD16+/56+, i.e. NK cells. Of the few CD3+ cells responding, an involvement of CD8+ cells was evident in the absence of activation of CD4+ cells in normal individuals, while a different feature was observed when patients' cells were investigated. Cells from patients with L. aethiopica infection did not show this NK response, but rather the CD4+ cells were the prominent responding cells. No evidence of the involvement of superantigens or cells utilizing the gamma delta T cell receptor (gamma delta cells) in the response of unexposed individuals was noted.
来自未接触利什曼原虫的正常个体的细胞,在体外受到埃塞俄比亚利什曼原虫刺激后,可通过增殖和产生γ干扰素(IFN-γ)做出反应。受到这种刺激后似乎被激活的主要细胞类型是CD3-、CD16+/56+,即自然杀伤细胞(NK细胞)。在正常个体中,少数做出反应的CD3+细胞中,CD8+细胞明显参与其中,而CD4+细胞未被激活;但在研究患者细胞时观察到了不同的特征。埃塞俄比亚利什曼原虫感染患者的细胞未表现出这种NK反应,而是CD4+细胞成为主要的反应细胞。未观察到超抗原或利用γδT细胞受体的细胞(γδ细胞)参与未接触个体反应的证据。