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  • Defense mechanisms in Listeriosis : a model for cell-mediated immunity = Obrambni mehanizmi pri listeriozi : model celično posredovane imunosti
    Hof, Herbert
    Among the various species of the genus Listeria only L. monocytogenes is regarded as facultative pathogenic; there is a broad spectrum of animals whichare susceptible to these bacteria thus the mouse ... serves as a model for studying the pathophysiology of this infection. The multiplication in the mouse takes place primarily in the spleen and liver. Thereby, the bacteria multiply within host cells. Listeriae are unique in their behaviour to leave the phagocytic vacuole and to penetrate into the cytosol of the host cell. In principle they are able to spread from cell to cell so that there is no extracellular stage necessary. This means that humoral defense mechanisms are of minor importance. At the beginning of infection non-specific defense is mediated by polymorphonuclear granulocytes. This may help to slow down the multiplication rate, but curing is only achieved when a T cell-mediated immuneresponse takes place, Nude, athymic mice devoid of T-lymphocyces are unable to mount any imunity. Certain bacterial epitopes which are processed intracellulary in the host cell are presented at the surface of the host cell in the context of MHC class I or class II molecules. The antigenic epitopes presented by MHC class I are recognized by CD8+T cells, whereas epitopes on MHC class II are presented to CD4+T cells. Both types of T-lymphocytes are involved in protection against L. monocytogenes. By this strong immune reaction the bacterial infection is abrogated after a few days; this immunity will persist for months but gradually declines with time.
    Vir: Medicinski razgledi. Supplement. - ISSN 0353-3484 (Letn. 39, supl. 4, okt. 2000, str. 25-34)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2000
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 12281305

vir: Medicinski razgledi. Supplement. - ISSN 0353-3484 (Letn. 39, supl. 4, okt. 2000, str. 25-34)

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