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Effect of Rickettsial Antigen‐Specific T Cell Line on the Interaction of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi with Macrophages
Author(s) -
Kodama Kazuya,
Yasukawa Masaki,
Kobayashi Yuzuru
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1988.tb01403.x
Subject(s) - rickettsia , biology , antigen , scrub typhus , orientia tsutsugamushi , microbiology and biotechnology , rickettsia typhi , cell culture , virology , rickettsiaceae , rickettsiosis , immunology , virus , genetics
The effect of rickettsial antigen‐specific T cell line on macrophages infected with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi was studied. It was suggested that the T cells could produce a factor which acts cytotoxically and selectively on infected macrophages.