1. Interferon-γ and IL-10 Release Assay for Patients with Ocular Toxoplasmosis.
- Author
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Rudzinski M, Pardini L, Bernstein M, Moré G, Khoury M, Duarte SC, Argüelles C, Reina S, and Oubiña JR
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- Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Leukocytes, Mononuclear immunology, Male, Middle Aged, Toxoplasmosis, Ocular parasitology, Young Adult, Interferon-gamma blood, Interleukin-10 blood, Toxoplasma immunology, Toxoplasmosis, Ocular immunology
- Abstract
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with ocular toxoplasmosis were challenged with total antigens from Toxoplasma gondii lysate (TATL) in a cytokine release assay (CRA), run during the inactive period of the disease. Increased interferon gamma (IFN-γ) levels were detected after PBMC stimulation with either ME49 reference strain ( P = 0.0015) or local TgCkAr-11-9 isolate ( P = 0.0012), as compared with those recorded under basal conditions. TATL from TgCkAr11-9 isolate induced a higher release of IFN-γ than ME49 strain in CRA from all tested patients ( P = 0.02). The median value of IFN-γ release on TgCkAr-11-9 stimulation (26.03 pg/mL) allowed the classification of patients into high- or low-/non-IFN-γ releasers. Clinical correlations were established with both groups. The results obtained in this study suggest the need to include local strains when performing CRA with TATL.
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- 2020
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