TY  - JOUR
A1  - Blank, Christine
A1  - Fuchs, Harald
A1  - Rappersberger, Klemens
A1  - Röllinghoff, Martin
A1  - Moll, Heidrun
T1  - Parasitism of epidermal Langerhans cells in experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis with Leishmania major
N2  - Murine epidermal Langerhans cells (LC) have been demonstrated to stimulate a vigorous T cell response to Leishmania major, a cause of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. It was therefore of interest to analyze whether LC can take up viable parasites. Epidermal cells were obtained from mouse ear skin for incubation with L. major and subsequent detection of intracellular parasites by cytochemistry. Freshly isolated LC, but not cultured LC, phagocytosed L. major and the uptake was inhibited by antibodies to the complement receptor type 3. Electron microscopic studies revealed the presence of viable amastigotes within Le. Moreover, with double-Iabeling techniques, L. major-containing LC could also be detected in infected skin. The results demonstrate that LC can internalize L. major. Since the number of organisms per infected LC remained consistently low, the prime task of LC may not be the promotion of parasite spreading but the presentation of L. major antigen to T cells and, thus, the regulation of the cellular immunity during cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Y1  - 1993
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-45850
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Moll, Heidrun
A1  - Fuchs, Harald
A1  - Blank, Christine
A1  - Röllinghoff, Martin
T1  - Langerhans cells transport Leishmania major from the infected skin to the draining lymph node for presentation to antigen-specific T cells
N2  - No abstract available
KW  - Immunologie
KW  - Langerhans cell
KW  - Leishmania major
KW  - T-cell
Y1  - 1993
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-46023
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Moll, Heidrun
A1  - Müller, Christoph
A1  - Gillitzer, Reinhard
A1  - Fuchs, Harald
A1  - Röllinghoff, Martin
A1  - Simon, Markus M.
A1  - Kramer, Michael D.
T1  - Expression of T-cell-associated serine proteinase-1 during murine Leishmania major infection correlates with susceptibility to disease
N2  - The expression of T-cell-associated serine proteinase 1 (MTSP-1) in vivo during Leishmania major infection was analyzed in genetically resistant C57BL/6 mice and in genetically susceptible BALB/c mice. Using a monoclonal antibody as well as an RNA probe specific for MTSP-1 to stain tissue sections, we found T cells expressing MTSP-1 in skin lesions and spleens of mice of both strains. In skin lesions, MTSP-1-positive T cells could be detected as early as 3 days after infection. Most importantly, the frequency of T cells expressing MTSP-1 was significantly higher in susceptible BALB/c mice than in resistant C57BL/6 mice. These findings suggest that MTSP-1 is associated with disease-promoting T cells and that it may be an effector molecule involved in the pathogenesis of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
KW  - Biologie
KW  - Immunologie
Y1  - 1991
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61311
ER  -