Johnson L L, Sayles P C
Trudeau Institute, Inc., Saranac Lake, N.Y., USA.
Nat Immun. 1995 Apr;14(4):209-15.
That strong cytolytic activity of natural killer (NK) cells is neither necessary nor sufficient for defense against acute Toxoplasma gondii infection is demonstrated. T. gondii-infected anti-interferon (IFN)-gamma-treated mice and IFN-gamma gene knockout mice died despite good induction of NK activity, while infected beige mice, deficient in NK cytolytic activity, survived.
研究表明,自然杀伤(NK)细胞强大的细胞溶解活性对于抵御急性弓形虫感染既非必要条件也非充分条件。尽管NK活性得到了良好诱导,但感染弓形虫的抗干扰素(IFN)-γ处理小鼠和IFN-γ基因敲除小鼠仍死亡,而缺乏NK细胞溶解活性的感染米色小鼠却存活了下来。