IFN-g in human Chagas' disease: protection or pathology?

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

L.m.g. Bahia-oliveira²  J.a.s. Gomes¹  M.o.c. Rocha¹  M.c.v. Moreira¹  E.m. Lemos¹  Z.m.p. Luz¹  M.e.s. Pereira¹  R.l. Coffman¹  J.c.p. Dias¹  J.r. Cançado¹  G. Gazzinelli¹  R. Corrêa-oliveira¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense

关键词: Trypanosoma cruzi;    Chagas' disease;    cardiomyopathy;    peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC);    cytokines;    INF-g;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-879X1998000100017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

An apparently paradoxical role for IFN-g in human Chagas' disease was observed when studying the pattern of cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from two groups of chagasic patients after specific stimulation with Trypanosoma cruzi-derived antigens. The groups studied were 1) patients treated with benznidazole during the acute phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and 2) chronically infected untreated patients. In the treated group, higher levels of IFN-g were produced by PBMC from individuals cured after treatment when compared to non-cured patients. In contrast, in the chronically infected group (not treated) higher levels of IFN-g were produced by PBMC from cardiac patients in comparison with asymptomatic (indeterminate) patients. This apparently paradoxical role for IFN-g in human Chagas' disease is discussed in terms of the possibility of a temporal difference in IFN-g production during the initial stages of the infection (acute phase) in the presence or absence of chemotherapy. The maintenance of an immune response with high levels of IFN-g production during the chronic phase of the infection may favor cure or influence the development of the cardiac form of the disease

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