The immunological significance of histological changes in the spleen and liver in mouse malaria.
- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- Vol. 13 (3), 467-78
Abstract
The spleens and livers of mice were investigated histologically on various days subsequent to infection with Plasmodium berghei yoelii using immunofluorescence and autoradiography. At the height of the parasitaemia, at a time when nonspecific immunosuppression is known to occur, the `thymus-dependent area' round the central arteriole of the spleen was replaced by proliferating lymphoid cells many of which were IgG containing plasmablasts. There was also at this time a considerable decrease in small lymphocytes in this area. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to the non-specific immunosuppression. In addition evidence for immune complex deposition was obtained in a number of tissues.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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