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. 1989 Jun;76(3):417–421.

Characterization of a suppressive factor of platelet cytotoxic functions in human and rat schistosomiasis mansoni.

V Pancré 1, M Joseph 1, A Capron 1, A Delanoye 1, H Vorng 1, C Auriault 1
PMCID: PMC1541906  PMID: 2526699

Abstract

In a previous study we demonstrated that mitogen-stimulated CD8+ CD4-T cells from normal donors produce a suppressive lymphokine (PASL) of IgE-dependent platelet cytotoxicity. Here we demonstrate the production, after antigenic-stimulation, of this suppressive factor during ongoing infections by Schistosoma mansoni in man and in the rat. The T lymphocyte subpopulation producing this factor was also identified as expressing the marker of the suppressive subset. Because of the absence of species restriction, the relevance in vivo of PASL was determined in the rat model. In these conditions we observed a complete abolition of the protection normally conferred against a challenge infection by the passive transfer of platelets from immune to normal rats after treatment of transferred platelets with T lymphocyte supernatants.

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