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Forward Genetics Screens Using Macrophages to Identify Toxoplasma gondii Genes Important for Resistance to IFN-γ-Dependent Cell Autonomous Immunity
Published on: March 12, 2015
Toxoplasma gondii and mucosal immunity
Lloyd Kasper1, Nathalie Courret, Sylvie Darche
1Department of Microbiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
Abstract:
Toxoplasma gondii, an intracellular parasite infects the host through the oral route. Infection induces a cascade of immunological events that involve both the components of the innate and adaptative immune responses. Alteration of the homeostatic balance of infected intestine results in an acute inflammatory ileitis in certain strains of inbred mice. Both the infected enterocytes as well as the CD4 T cells from the lamina propria produce chemokines and cytokines that are necessary to clear the parasite whereas CD8 intraepithelial lymphocytes secrete transforming growth factor beta that reduces the inflammation. In this review, we describe the salient features of this complex network of interactions among the different components of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue cell population that are induced after oral infection with T. gondii.
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