@article {15399, title = {Granulomatous hypersensitivity to Schistosoma mansoni egg antigens in human schistosomiasis. I. Granuloma formation and modulation around polyacrylamide antigen-conjugated beads}, journal = {Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz}, volume = {82 Suppl 4}, year = {1987}, note = {Doughty, B L
Goes, A M
Parra, J C
Rocha, R S
Katz, N
Colley, D G
Gazzinelli, G
eng
AI 21776/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t
Research Support, U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, P.H.S.
BRAZIL
1987/01/01
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1987;82 Suppl 4:47-54.}, pages = {47-54}, abstract = {We have developed an in vitro model of granuloma formation for the purpose of studying the immunological components of delayed type hypersensitivity granuloma formation in patients infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Our data show that 1) granulomatous hypersensitivity can be studied by examining the cellular reactivity manifested as multiple cell layers surrounding the antigen conjugated beads; 2) this reactivity is a CD4 cell dependent, macrophage dependent, B cell independent response and 3) the in vitro granuloma response is antigenically specific for parasite egg antigens. Studies designed to investigate the immune regulation of granulomatous hypersensitivity using purified populations of either CD4 or CD8 T cells have demonstrated the complexity of cellular interactions in the suppression of granulomatous hypersensitivity. The anti-S. mansoni egg immune responses of individual patients with chronic intestinal schistosomiasis can be classified either as soluble egg antigen (SEA) hypersensitive with maximal granulomatous hypersensitivity or SEA suppressive with activation of the T cell suppressor pathway with effective SEA granuloma modulation. Our data suggest that T cell network interactions are active in the generation of effective granuloma modulation in chronic intestinal schistosomiasis patients.}, keywords = {Animals, Antigens, Helminth/*immunology, Granuloma/*immunology, Humans, Hypersensitivity, Delayed/*immunology/pathology, Immunity, Cellular, Macrophages/immunology, Microspheres, Schistosoma mansoni/*immunology, Schistosomiasis mansoni/*immunology/pathology, T-Lymphocytes/classification/immunology}, isbn = {0074-0276 (Print)
0074-0276 (Linking)}, author = {Doughty, B. L. and Goes, A. M. and Parra, J. C. and Rocha, R. S. and Katz, N. and Colley, D. G. and Gazzinelli, G.} }