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Resistance to Leishmania major infection is dependent on the development of a cell-mediated Th1 immune response in resistant C57BL/6 mice whereas Th2-prone BALB/c mice develop non-healing lesions after infection. The chemokine receptor CCR6 is shared by anti-inflammatory regulatory T cells and pro-inflammatory Th17 cells. In a recent study we showed that C57BL/6 mice deficient in CCR6 exhibited enhanced footpad swelling and impaired T helper cell migration indicated by reduced recruitment of total T helper cells into the skin after infection and a reduced delayed type hypersensitivity reaction. Based on these findings we tested whether the lack of CCR6 alters Treg or Th17 cell responses during the course of Leishmania major infection. When we analyzed T cell subsets in the lymph nodes of CCR6-deficient mice, Th17 cell numbers were not different. However, reduced numbers of Treg cells paralleled with a stronger IFN gamma response. Furthermore, the early increase in IFN gamma-producing cells correlated with increased local tissue inflammation at later time points. Our data indicate an important role of CCR6 for Treg cells and a redundant role for Th17 cells in a Th1 cell-driven anti-parasitic immune response against Leishmania major parasites in resistant C57BL/6 mice.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | REGULATORY T-CELLS; TH17 CELLS; C57BL/6 MICE; BETA-2-MICROGLOBULIN-DEFICIENT MICE; MUCOSAL LEISHMANIASIS; SUSCEPTIBLE MICE; IMMUNITY; RECEPTOR; CCR6; CHEMOKINE; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Immunologie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2020 05:17 |
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2020 05:17 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/18092 |
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