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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Activation status of cord blood γδ T cells reflects in utero exposure to Plasmodium falciparum antigen
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 191, No. 10, Year 2005
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Background. Placental Plasmodium falciparum infection modulates neonatal cell-mediated immune responses and is associated with increased susceptibility of infants to malaria. Methods. By flow-cytometric analysis of maternal peripheral and cord blood samples collected at delivery, we measured and compared the activation status and proinflammatory cytokine activity of T cells from women segregated into groups according to malaria status. Results. Stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate/ionomycin resulted in the highest percentages of tumor necrosis factor-α- and interferon-γ-positive γδ T cells in peripheral blood samples and in corresponding cord blood samples from those treated for malaria during pregnancy. Cord blood samples from this group also contained significantly higher percentages of CD69+ and CD25+ γδ T cells and CD3+ T cells, compared with samples from either the group with active placental P. falciparum infection at delivery or the group with no infection. Proinflammatory cytokine activity of cells from the group with placental P. falciparum infection at delivery was either similar to or lower than that of cells from the group with no infection. Conclusions. The findings imply that treatment of P. falciparum malaria during pregnancy leads to enhanced innate immune T cell activation and proinflammatory cytokine responses in both maternal and fetal compartments. Ongoing placental P. falciparum infection, conversely, is associated with an absence of such activity. © 2005 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Engelmann, Ilka
Germany, Tubingen
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Gabon, Lambarene
Unité de Recherche Médicale, Albert Schweitzer Hospital
Germany, Hannover
Hannover Medical School
Santamaria, Andrea
Germany, Tubingen
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Gabon, Lambarene
Unité de Recherche Médicale, Albert Schweitzer Hospital
Kremsner, Peter G.
Germany, Tubingen
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Gabon, Lambarene
Unité de Recherche Médicale, Albert Schweitzer Hospital
Luty, A. J.F.
Germany, Tubingen
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Gabon, Lambarene
Unité de Recherche Médicale, Albert Schweitzer Hospital
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud University Medical Center
Statistics
Citations: 18
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/429336
ISSN:
00221899
Research Areas
Cancer
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Participants Gender
Female