Susceptibility of radiation chimeras to Trypanosoma cruzi
Journal Article
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· Infect. Immun.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6722455
Reciprocal bone marrow transfers were performed with C3H/HeJ mice, which are susceptible to infection with the Brazil strain of Trypanosoma cruzi, and resistant F1 (C3H/HeJ X C57BL/6J) mice. Mice reconstituted after lethal irradiation with syngeneic bone marrow displayed the resistance phenotype of the strain used, but neither C3H mice reconstituted with F1 bone marrow cells nor F1 mice reconstituted with C3H bone marrow cells survived challenge. Resistance to T. cruzi appears to be dependent upon factors associated both with host background and with bone marrow-derived cells.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Pathobiology, Division of Tropical Diseases, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
- OSTI ID:
- 6722455
- Journal Information:
- Infect. Immun.; (United States), Journal Name: Infect. Immun.; (United States) Vol. 36:2; ISSN INFIB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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560152* -- Radiation Effects on Animals-- Animals
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMAL TISSUES
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
BONE MARROW
BONE MARROW CELLS
CHIMERAS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
DISEASES
EXTERNAL IRRADIATION
HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
IMMUNITY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFECTIVITY
IRRADIATION
MAMMALS
MASTIGOPHORA
MICE
MOSAICISM
ORGANS
PARASITES
PATHOLOGY
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIATION CHIMERAS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RODENTS
SOMATIC CELLS
SURVIVAL CURVES
TISSUES
TRYPANOSOMA
VERTEBRATES
560152* -- Radiation Effects on Animals-- Animals
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMAL TISSUES
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
BONE MARROW
BONE MARROW CELLS
CHIMERAS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
DISEASES
EXTERNAL IRRADIATION
HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
IMMUNITY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFECTIVITY
IRRADIATION
MAMMALS
MASTIGOPHORA
MICE
MOSAICISM
ORGANS
PARASITES
PATHOLOGY
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIATION CHIMERAS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RODENTS
SOMATIC CELLS
SURVIVAL CURVES
TISSUES
TRYPANOSOMA
VERTEBRATES