Abstract
DNAM-1 gene-deficient (-/-) mice take significantly longer to clear an acute and persistent LCMV infection in vivo than DNAM-1 +/+ mice. During acute LCMV priming, at the single cell level, DNAM-1 -/- mice made significantly less cytoplasmic CD8 TNF-α and IL-2 but not IFN-γ than their DNAM-1 +/+ counterparts. Restimulated immune memory CD8 T cells from DNAM-1 -/- and DNAM-1 +/+ mice were equivalent in cytolytic activity against LCMV-infected target cells but DNAM-1 -/- CD8 T cells had significant reductions in TNF-α and IL-2 that were associated on adoptive transfer with the inability to terminate the persistent viral infection.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 163-170 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Virology |
Volume | 429 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2012 |
Keywords
- Acute LCMV infection
- DNAM-1 deficiency
- Persistent LCMV infection
- T cell defects