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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