T-lymphocytes response persists following Plasmodium berghei strain Anka infection resolution and may contribute to later experimental cerebral malaria outcomes

Aline Silva de Miranda, Rodrigo Novaes Ferreira, Érica Leandro Marciano Vieira, Larissa Katharina Sabino Abreu, Fátima Brant, Luciene Bruno Vieira, Fabíola Mara Ribeiro, Fabiana Simão Machado, Milene Alvarenga Rachid, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira

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Abstract

Several studies have proposed cerebral malaria (CM) as a CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocyte-mediated disease. However, there are no data regarding the recruitment and/or persistence of these cells in the CNS following the phase of infection resolution. Glutamate-mediate excitotoxicity has also been implicated in CM. Blockade of glutamate NMDA receptors by its noncompetitive antagonist MK801 modulates cytokine and neurotrophic factors expression preventing cognitive and depressive-like behavior in experimental CM. Herein, we aim to investigate the role of T lymphocytes in later outcomes in CM, and whether the protective role of MK801 is associated with T lymphocytes response.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5-11
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Neuroimmunology
Volume330
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cerebral malaria
  • Chloroquine
  • Glutamate
  • MK801
  • Malaria
  • T lymphocytes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

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