High Frequency of Viral Protein Expression in Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Infected Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 1711-1715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Hanon ◽  
Rebecca E. Asquith ◽  
Graham P. Taylor ◽  
Yuetsu Tanaka ◽  
Jonathan N. Weber ◽  
...  
2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 3080-3083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela Balestrieri ◽  
Giancarlo Forte ◽  
Claudia Matteucci ◽  
Antonio Mastino ◽  
Beatrice Macchi

ABSTRACT The effects of lamivudine (3TC) on in vitro infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy donors with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) were investigated. Direct measures of viral replication (viral DNA, RNA, and protein) all gave similar, very high 50% inhibitory concentrations in comparison with those previously reported for zidovudine. Nevertheless, 3TC inhibited HTLV-1-driven long-term growth of infected PBMC in vitro at concentrations (6.25 μM) which had poor or no direct antiviral effects, suggesting that another mechanism may be playing a role.


2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Elizabeth Mascarenhas ◽  
Cláudia Brodskyn ◽  
Geisa Barbosa ◽  
Jorge Clarêncio ◽  
Antônio Souza Andrade-Filho ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Evidence indicates that human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection leads to chronic immunosuppression and a greater susceptibility to infectious diseases. Spontaneous in vitro proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) is an important immunological feature of HTLV-1-infected individuals. However, the association between spontaneous proliferation and immunosuppression is not clear. In this study, we evaluated the cellular immune responses of PBMC from 58 asymptomatic HTLV-1-infected individuals with PBMC showing or not showing spontaneous proliferation. Individuals with PBMC that spontaneously proliferated had increased proportions of CD4 T cells expressing CD45RO and dramatically reduced responses to recall antigens. In addition, frequencies of positive responses to recall antigens were also decreased in HTLV-infected individuals without spontaneous proliferation of PBMC. There was a polyclonal expansion of multiple T-cell receptor Vβ families of CD4+ T lymphocytes in patients with spontaneous proliferation. We observed that HTLV-1 induced an immunosuppression characterized by a decrease in the stimulation index to a recall antigen, even in individuals who did not present spontaneous proliferation. On the other hand, only patients with PBMC presenting spontaneous proliferation showed polyclonal activation and increased proportion of CD4 T cells expressing CD45RO.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. e0188474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert R. Jones IV ◽  
Emily L. Coleman ◽  
Nicholas R. Husni ◽  
Jude T. Deeney ◽  
Forum Raval ◽  
...  

Intervirology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 237-246
Author(s):  
Yuyuan Ma ◽  
Xiong Zhao ◽  
Junting Jia ◽  
Yongxian Yang ◽  
Rui Fan ◽  
...  

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