Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2003
Publication Title
Infection and Immunity
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
To understand the role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) in ocular toxoplasmosis, we compared C57BL/6 (B6) and BALB/c background mice lacking a functional IL-10 gene (IL-10(-/-)) and B6 transgenic mice expressing IL-10 under the control of the IL-2 promoter. Increased cellular infiltration and necrosis were observed in the eye tissue of IL-10(-/-) mice of both the B6 and BALB/c backgrounds with associated changes in the levels of cytokines in serum. In contrast, there was no evidence of necrosis in the eye tissue from IL-10 transgenic mice following parasite exposure. Our results demonstrate that IL-10 is important in the regulation of inflammation during acute ocular toxoplasmosis.
DOI
10.1128/IAI.71.12.7159-7163.2003
Original Citation
Lu F, Huang S, Kasper LH. Interleukin-10 and pathogenesis of murine ocular toxoplasmosis. Infect Immun. 2003;71(12):7159-7163. doi:10.1128/iai.71.12.7159-7163.2003
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Lu, Fangli; Huang, Shiguang; and Kasper, Lloyd H., "Interleukin-10 and Pathogenesis of Murine Ocular Toxoplasmosis" (2003). Dartmouth Scholarship. 963.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/963
