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Provedor de dados: 	Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Academic Repository (OAK)	
País: 	Japan	
Título: 	Preliminary studies on the effects of orally-administered Transforming Growth Factor-beta on protozoan diseases in mice	
Autores: 	Namangala, Boniface; Inoue, Noboru; Sugimoto, Chihiro; 井上, 昇.	
Data: 	2009-08	
Ano: 	2009	
Palavras-chave: 	Low-dose; Mice; Orally-delivered TGF-β1; Protection; Protozoan parasites.	
Resumo: 	Transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1) is a pleiotropic cytokine with both pro- and antiinflammatory properties, depending on its environment and concentration. The present study evaluated the effects of orally-delivered TGF-β1 on mice parenterally-infected with various protozoan parasites. We report that while orally-administered TGF-β1 seems to confer partial protection against murine chronic babesiosis and acute trypanosomosis, no beneficial clinical effects were observed against acute babesiosis, malaria or toxoplasmosis. Taken together, these preliminary data suggest that the systemic effects conferred by exogenous TGF-β1 could be parasite speciesspecific. The variations in different parasitic infections could be due to (i) intrinsic differences between parasite species and/or strains in their ability to induce production of immunosuppressive molecules and/or (ii) differences in mechanisms governing host protection against different parasitic infections.	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2716	
Editor: 	Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University	
Formato: 	application/pdf