Bertolini MC, De Lucca FL. Poly(A)-containing RNA from the spleens of mice with Chagas' disease triggers in vitro macrophage resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi.
THE JOURNAL OF PROTOZOOLOGY 1986;
33:81-4. [PMID:
2420985 DOI:
10.1111/j.1550-7408.1986.tb05562.x]
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Abstract
Mouse peritoneal macrophages exposed to the RNA from the spleens of mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (iRNA) exhibit enhanced resistance to this parasite. The poly(A)-containing iRNA was found to be the active fraction. No such activity was observed in macrophages incubated with RNA from normal mice (nRNA) or with synthetic poly A.
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