Toxoplasma: Immunity and Pathogenesis.
Curr Clin Microbiol Rep
; 6(1): 44-50, 2019 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31179204
Toxoplasma gondii infection induces a strong immunity in the host. Although the response is manifested by innate response during early infection, adaptive immunity is critical for long-term protection. Amongst the adaptive immune response CD4 T cells play an important helper role for CD8 T cells which are the primary effector cells responsible for controlling the infection. Notwithstanding the induction of robust CD8 T immunity during acute infection, the parasite is not eradicated. One of the reasons for this is the functional exhaustion of CD8 T cells during latent infection. Recent studies from our laboratory have reported that primary cause of CD8 T cell exhaustion is compromised CD4 T cell help during latent toxoplasmosis. CD8 T cell dysfunctionality is preceded by CD4 exhaustion and effector immunity is severely compromised.
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Curr Clin Microbiol Rep
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2019
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