Blood-stage Plasmodium chabaudi AS infection was controlled by 4 weeks in mice with deletion of tumor necrosis factor p55 and p75 receptors (TNFR-knockout [KO]) and control wild-type (WT) mice, although female TNFR-KO mice showed slightly but significantly higher parasitemia immediately following the peak. Serum interleukin 12 (IL-12) p70 and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) levels were similar but tumor necrosis factor alpha levels were significantly higher in TNFR-KO mice than in WT controls. Splenic IL-12 receptor beta1 and beta2 and IFN-gamma mRNA expression, as well as spleen cell production of IFN-gamma and IL-4, were comparable in both mouse types, but IL-10 production was significantly higher in cells from TNFR-KO mice than in cells from WT mice. Lipopolysaccharide-induced NO secretion by splenic macrophages in vitro was significantly reduced but systemic NO3- levels were similar in infected TNFR-KO and WT mice.
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