Effect of rickettsial antigen-specific T cell line on the interaction of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi with macrophages

K Kodama; M Yasukawa; Y Kobayashi

doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1988.tb01403.x

Effect of rickettsial antigen-specific T cell line on the interaction of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi with macrophages

Microbiol Immunol. 1988;32(4):435-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1988.tb01403.x.

Authors

K Kodama¹, M Yasukawa, Y Kobayashi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Awaji Hospital, Sumoto.

PMID: 3134599
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1988.tb01403.x

Abstract

The effect of rickettsial antigen-specific T cell line on macrophages infected with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi was studied. It was suggested that the T cells could produce a factor which acts cytotoxically and selectively on infected macrophages.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Antigens, Bacterial / immunology
Cell Line
Culture Media / analysis
Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
Macrophages / immunology
Macrophages / microbiology*
Mice
Orientia tsutsugamushi / immunology*
Spleen / cytology
T-Lymphocytes / immunology*

Substances

Antigens, Bacterial
Culture Media