CD28 deficiency leads to accumulation of germinal-center independent IgM+ experienced B cells and to production of protective IgM during experimental malaria.

Protective immunity to blood-stage malaria is attributed to Plasmodium-specific IgG and effector-memory T helper 1 (Th1) cells. However, mice lacking the costimulatory receptor CD28 (CD28KO) maintain chronic parasitemia at low levels and do not succumb to infection, suggesting that other immune resp...

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Main Authors: Henrique Borges da Silva, Érika Machado de Salles, Eliana Faquim Lima-Mauro, Luiz Roberto Sardinha, José Maria Álvarez, Maria Regina D'Império Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6110469?pdf=render