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A Dirofilaria immitis polyprotein up-regulates nitric oxide production
Hiroyuki Tezuka1, Shinjiro Imai, Setsuko Tsukidate
1Section of Environmental Parasitology, Department of International Health Development, Division of Public Health, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
Infection and Immunity
|August 17, 2002
Abstract:
We investigated the effect of recombinant Dirofilaria immitis polyprotein (rDiAg) on nitric oxide (NO) production by peritoneal macrophages. rDiAg induced NO production by macrophages from wild-type and lipopolysaccharide-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ, but not CD40(-/-), mice. These results suggest that CD40 is involved in rDiAg-driven NO production by murine macrophages.