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Alexander Hoh Maximilian Heeg Yi Ni Anita Schuch Benedikt Binder Nadine Hennecke Hubert E. Blum Michael Nassal Ulrike Protzer Maike Hofmann Stephan Urban Robert Thimme 《Journal of virology》2015,89(14):7433-7438
CD8+ T cells are the main effector lymphocytes in the control of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, limitations of model systems, such as low infection rates, restrict mechanistic studies of HBV-specific CD8+ T cells. Here, we established a novel immunological cell culture model based on HBV-infected HepG2hNTCP cells that endogenously processed viral antigens and presented them to HBV-specific CD8+ T cells. This induced cytolytic and noncytolytic CD8+ T-cell effector functions and reduction of viral loads. 相似文献
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Peripheral CD4+CD8+ T cells have been identified as a T cell subset existing in animals and humans. However, the characterization of CD4+CD8+ T cells, their relationship with T memory (TM), T effector (TE), Th1/Th2, Treg and Th-17, remain unclear. This study was to characterize the CD4+CD8+ T cells. The results from human subjects showed that activated T cells were CD4+CD8+ T cells, comprised CD4hiCD8lo, CD4hiCD8hi and CD4loCD8hi subsets. They expressed CD62Lhi/lo, granzyme B (GrB), CD25, Foxp3, interleukin 17 (IL-17) and the cytokines of both Th1 and Th2, and had cytolytic function. These findings suggested that CD4+CD8+ T cells had over-lap function while they kept diversity, and that T cells could be divided into two major populations: activated and inactivated. Hence, the hypotheses of Th1/Th2, Treg and Th-17 might reflect the positive/negative feedback regulation of immune system. When compared to GrB+CD62Llo T effector (TE) cells, GrB+CD62Lhi T central memory effector (TCME) cells had a quicker response to virus without CD62L loss. 相似文献
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Namita Rout James G. Else Simon Yue Michelle Connole Mark A. Exley Amitinder Kaur 《Journal of medical primatology》2010,39(4):224-234
Background We have recently reported the presence of CD8+ and CD4/8 double‐negative (DN) natural killer T (NKT) lymphocytes in sooty mangabeys. To investigate differences in the two NKT cell subsets, we compared the phenotype and function of sooty mangabey CD8+ and DN NKT cells. Methods Flow‐sorted NKT lymphocytes from one SIV‐negative sooty mangabey were subjected to limiting dilution cloning. Invariant NKT clones were characterized by flow cytometry and cytokine ELISA. Results The majority of NKT clones displayed an effector memory phenotype and expressed CXCR3 and NKG2D. While CD8+ NKT subsets expressed significantly higher levels of granzyme B and perforin and produced more IFN‐γ, the DN NKT subsets secreted significantly more IL‐4, IL‐13, and IL‐10. Conclusions The Th1 and Th2 cytokine bias of CD8+ and DN NKT cells, respectively, indicates the presence of functionally heterogeneous populations of NKT cells in sooty mangabeys. 相似文献
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Yngve Hansson Mauricio Vargas-Cortes Staffan Paulie Peter Perlmann 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》1988,27(3):205-212
Summary Lymphocytes from patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder are more cytotoxic to bladder tumor cells than to a variety of control cells. This disease-related cytotoxicity has previously been shown to involve several mechanisms and different types of effector cells. To analyze further the nature of the effector cells operative in this system, peripheral blood lymphocytes from eight TCC patients were stimulated in vitro with TCC extract and cultured in the presence of interleukin 2 and allogeneic feeder cells. When tested for cytotoxicity in vitro on a target cell panel including both adherent and nonadherent cell lines, the lymphocytes killed a broad spectrum of targets in a major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-unrestricted fashion. When cloned by limiting dilution, clones were obtained which displayed a more restricted pattern of target cell killing. Some of the clones were highly but not exclusively selective for TCC-derived target cells. Phenotypically, these cells resembled mature T cells of CTL-type (CD8+/CD4–). They also expressed the CD3/5 T cell antigen receptor complex but target cell killing was not MHC-restricted. The results of various inhibition experiments suggested that the CD3/TCR complex was involved in the cytotoxicity exhibited by these effector cells. However, its precise role in target cell recognition and the identification of the tumor cell structures recognised by the effector cells require further studies. 相似文献
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Constitutive Ras signaling has been shown to augment IL-2 production, reverse anergy, and functionally replace many aspects of CD28 co-stimulation in CD4+ T cells. These data raise the possibility that introduction of active Ras into primary T cells might result in improved functionality in pathologic situations of T cell dysfunction, such as cancer or chronic viral infection. To test the biologic effects of active Ras in primary T cells, CD4+ T cells from Coxsackie-Adenovirus Receptor Transgenic mice were transduced with an adenovirus encoding active Ras. As expected, active Ras augmented IL-2 production in naive CD4+ T cells. However, when cells were cultured for 4 days under conditions to promote effector cell differentiation, active Ras inhibited the ability of CD4+ T cells to acquire a Th1 or Th2 effector cytokine profile. This differentiation defect was not due to deficient STAT4 or STAT6 activation by IL-12 or IL-4, respectively, nor was it associated with deficient induction of T-bet and GATA-3 expression. Impaired effector cytokine production in active Ras-transduced cells was associated with deficient demethylation of the IL-4 gene locus. Our results indicate that, despite augmenting acute activation of naïve T cells, constitutive Ras signaling inhibits the ability of CD4+ T cells to properly differentiate into Th1/Th2 effector cytokine-producing cells, in part by interfering with epigenetic modification of effector gene loci. Alternative strategies to potentiate Ras pathway signaling in T cells in a more regulated fashion should be considered as a therapeutic approach to improve immune responses in vivo. 相似文献
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CD4+ T (Th) cells are a central component of the adaptive immune response and are divided into distinct sets based on their specific cytokine production pattern. Several reports have suggested that fish possess Th subset activity similar to that of mammals. The aim of the present study was to isolate CD4+ T cells from the blood of Japanese pufferfish, Fugu rubripes, and to characterize their cytokine expression profile. We produced a specific antibody against Fugu CD4 and performed cell sorting with the magnetic activated cell sorting system. Sorted Fugu CD4+ cells were characterized by morphology and expression analysis of cell marker genes. Fugu CD4+ cells expressed T-cell marker genes but not macrophage or B-cell marker genes. In addition, peripheral blood lymphocytes were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), polycytidylic acid (polyI:C), concanavalin A (ConA) prior to sorting, and then Multiplex RT-PCR was used to examine the expression of Th cytokines by the stimulated Fugu CD4+ cells. LPS and polyI:C stimulation upregulated the expression of Th1, Th17 and Treg cytokines and downregulated the expression of Th2 cytokines. ConA stimulation upregulated the expression of all Th cytokines. These results suggest that fish exhibit the same upregulation of Th-specific cytokine expression as in mammals. 相似文献
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Marcel A. Schijf Debby Kruijsen Jacqueline Bastiaans Frank E. J. Coenjaerts Johan Garssen Grada M. van Bleek Belinda van't Land 《Journal of virology》2012,86(21):11472-11482
Breast feeding reduces the risk of developing severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in infants. In addition to maternal antibodies, other immune-modulating factors in human milk contribute to this protection. Specific dietary prebiotic oligosaccharides, similar to oligosaccharides present in human milk, were evaluated in a C57BL/6 mouse RSV infection model. During primary RSV infection, increased numbers of RSV-specific CD4+ T cells producing gamma interferon (IFN-γ) were found in the lungs at days 8 to 10 postinfection in mice receiving diet containing short-chain galactooligosacharides, long-chain fructooligosaccharides, and pectin-derived acidic oligosaccharides (termed scGOS/lcFOS/pAOS). In a Th2-skewed formalin-inactivated (FI)-RSV vaccination model, the prebiotic diet reduced RSV-specific Th2 cytokine (interleukin-4 [IL-4], IL-5, and IL-13)-producing CD4+ T cells in the lung and the magnitude of airway eosinophilia at day 4 and 6 after infection. This was accompanied by a decreased influx of inflammatory dendritic cells (CD11b+/CD11c+) and increased numbers of IFN-γ-producing CD4+ and CD8+ T cells at day 8 after viral challenge. These findings suggest that specific dietary oligosaccharides can influence trafficking and/or effector functions of innate immune, CD4+, and CD8+ T cell subsets in the lungs of RSV-infected mice. In our models, scGOS/lcFOS/pAOS had no effect on weight but increased viral clearance in FI-RSV-vaccinated mice 8 days after infection. The increased systemic Th1 responses potentiated by scGOS/lcFOS/pAOS might contribute to an accelerated Th1/Th2 shift of the neonatal immune system, which might favor protective immunity against viral infections with a high attack rate in early infancy, such as RSV. 相似文献
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Dahui You David T. Siefker Bishwas Shrestha Jordy Saravia Stephania A. Cormier 《Respiratory research》2015,16(1)
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the number one cause of lower respiratory tract infection in infants; and severe RSV infection in infants is associated with asthma development. Today, there are still no vaccines or specific antiviral therapies against RSV. The mechanisms of RSV pathogenesis in infants remain elusive. This is partly due to the fact that the largely-used mouse model is semi-permissive for RSV. The present study sought to determine if a better neonatal mouse model of RSV infection could be obtained using a chimeric virus in which the F protein of A2 strain was replaced with the F protein from the line 19 clinical isolate (rA2-19F).Methods
Five-day-old pups were infected with the standard laboratory strain A2 or rA2-19F and various immunological and pathophysiological parameters were measured at different time points post infection, including lung histology, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) cellularity and cytokines, pulmonary T cell profile, and lung viral load. A cohort of infected neonates were allowed to mature to adulthood and reinfected. Pulmonary function, BALF cellularity and cytokines, and T cell profiles were measured at 6 days post reinfection.Results
The rA2-19F strain in neonatal mice caused substantial lung pathology including interstitial inflammation and airway mucus production, while A2 caused minimal inflammation and mucus production. Pulmonary inflammation was characterized by enhanced Th2 and reduced Th1 and effector CD8+ T cells compared to A2. As with primary infection, reinfection with rA2-19F induced similar but exaggerated Th2 and reduced Th1 and effector CD8+ T cell responses. These immune responses were associated with increased airway hyperreactivity, mucus hyperproduction and eosinophilia that was greater than that observed with A2 reinfection. Pulmonary viral load during primary infection was higher with rA2-19F than A2.Conclusions
Therefore, rA2-19F caused enhanced lung pathology and Th2 and reduced effector CD8+ T cell responses compared to A2 during initial infection in neonatal mice and these responses were exacerbated upon reinfection. The exact mechanism is unknown but appears to be associated with increased pulmonary viral load in rA2-19F vs. A2 infected neonatal lungs. The rA2-19F strain represents a better neonatal mouse model of RSV infection.Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12931-015-0244-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献10.
Matthew M. Hufford Graham Richardson Haixia Zhou Balaji Manicassamy Adolfo García-Sastre Richard I. Enelow Thomas J. Braciale 《PloS one》2012,7(10)
Influenza A virus (IAV) is a leading cause of respiratory tract disease worldwide. Anti-viral CD8+ T lymphocytes responding to IAV infection are believed to eliminate virally infected cells by direct cytolysis but may also contribute to pulmonary inflammation and tissue damage via the release of pro-inflammatory mediators following recognition of viral antigen displaying cells. We have previously demonstrated that IAV antigen expressing inflammatory cells of hematopoietic origin within the infected lung interstitium serve as antigen presenting cells (APC) for infiltrating effector CD8+ T lymphocytes; however, the spectrum of inflammatory cell types capable of serving as APC was not determined. Here, we demonstrate that viral antigen displaying neutrophils infiltrating the IAV infected lungs are an important cell type capable of acting as APC for effector CD8+ T lymphocytes in the infected lungs and that neutrophils expressing viral antigen as a result of direct infection by IAV exhibit the most potent APC activity. Our findings suggest that in addition to their suggested role in induction of the innate immune responses to IAV, virus clearance, and the development of pulmonary injury, neutrophils can serve as APCs to anti-viral effector CD8+ T cells within the infected lung interstitium. 相似文献
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Øystein Bruserud 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》1998,46(4):221-228
T lymphocytes are important both for the host defence against infections and probably also as antileukaemic effector cells
in patients with acute leukaemia. To investigate the T lymphocyte cytokine repertoire of clonogenic T lymphocytes, CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocyte clones were prepared from acute leukaemia patients with chemotherapy-induced cytopenia (leucocytes <0.5×109/l). A majority of both CD4+ and CD8+ clones secreted detectable interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-10, IL-13, granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor and interferon
γ (IFNγ) in response to phytohaemagglutinin + accessory cells (Epstein-Barr-virus-transformed B cell line, 80-Gy-irradiated).
The CD4+ clones showed significantly higher levels of IL-10 secretion than the CD8+ clones. Decreased levels of IL-2, IL-13 and IFNγ were observed when acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) blasts were used instead
of cells from the B cell line as accessory cells during phytohaemagglutinin activation, but the differences in IL-13 and IFNγ
levels were reversed by addition of exogenous IL-2. On the basis of these results we conclude: (i) the remaining clonogenic
T lymphocytes derived from acute leukaemia patients with therapy-induced leucopenia can respond to activation with a broad
cytokine response, and T-cell-derived cytokines may then contribute to cytokine responses during complicating infections in
these patients; (ii) although T cells can modulate AML blast functions and mediate antileukaemic effects, the leukaemia blasts
will also modulate T cell functions and alter the cytokine profile of activated T lymphocytes.
Received: 6 November 1997 / Accepted: 5 March 1998 相似文献
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Dae-Hee Sohn Hyun-Jung Sohn Hyun-Joo Lee Seon-Duk Lee Sueon Kim Seung-Joo Hyun Hyun-Il Cho Seok-Goo Cho Suk-Kyeong Lee Tai-Gyu Kim 《PloS one》2015,10(5)
An EBV-specific cellular immune response is associated with the control of EBV-associated malignancies and lymphoproliferative diseases, some of which have been successfully treated by adoptive T cell therapy. Therefore, many methods have been used to measure EBV-specific cellular immune responses. Previous studies have mainly used autologous EBV-transformed B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (B-LCLs), recombinant viral vectors transfected or peptide pulsed dendritic cells (DCs) as stimulators of CD8+ and CD4+ T lymphocytes. In the present study, we used an interferon-γ (IFN-γ) enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay by using isolated CD8+ and CD4+ T cells stimulated with mRNA-transfected DCs. The frequency of latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1)-specific IFN-γ producing CD4+ T cells was significantly higher than that of LMP2a. The frequency of IFN-γ producing CD4+ T cells was significantly correlated with that of CD8+ T cells in LMP1-specific immune responses (r = 0.7187, Pc < 0.0001). To determine whether there were changes in LMP1- or LMP2a-specific immune responses, subsequent peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) samples were analyzed. Significant changes were observed in 5 of the 10 donors examined, and CD4+ T cell responses showed more significant changes than CD8+ T cell responses. CD8+ and CD4+ T cells from EBV-seropositive donors secreted only the Th1 cytokines IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-2, while Th2 (IL-4) and Th17 (IL-17a) cytokines were not detected. CD4+ T cells secreted significantly higher cytokine levels than did CD8+ T cells. Analysis of EBV-specific T cell responses using autologous DCs transfected with mRNA might provide a comprehensive tool for monitoring EBV infection and new insights into the pathogenesis of EBV-associated diseases. 相似文献
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Viral clearance in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been correlated with strong, multi-specific and sustained T cell responses. The number of functionally active effector T cells determines the outcome of infection. Only a small number of antigen-specific naïve T cells are originally present. Upon infection, they undergo activation, clonal expansion and differentiation to become effector cells. In this study, we determined the ability of dendritic cells (DCs) to prime T cells in vitro to become effector cells upon stimulation with various TLR ligands or IFNα. T cell priming and activation was determined by proliferation and production of effector molecules, IFN-γ and Granzyme B (GrB). HCV Core-specific T cells showed significant increase in proliferation, and the number of HCV Core-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells producing IFN-γ and GrB was higher than control or NS3-specific T cells. These in vitro-primed CD4+ and CD8+ T cells exhibit the phenotype of just-activated and/or armed effector lymphocytes confirming the transition of naïve T cells to effector cells. This is the first study demonstrating the activation of GrB+CD4+ T cells against antigen(s) derived from HCV. Our study suggests a novel role of CD4+ T cells in immunity against HCV. 相似文献
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CD4+ Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Activity against Macrophages Pulsed with Bovine Herpesvirus 1 Polypeptides
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Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) induces immune suppression, but the mechanisms for suppression are not well identified. We examined the induction and activity of BHV-1-specific cytolytic CD4+ T lymphocytes (CTL) by stimulating peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of cattle immunized with attenuated live BHV-1. Cytolytic effector cells were primarily CD4+ T lymphocytes and lysed autologous, but not allogeneic, macrophages infected with BHV-1 or pulsed with BHV-1 polypeptides. Apoptosis of BHV-1-expressing target cells was observed in CD4+ CTL assays by terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) analysis. To determine if apoptosis was mediated by a perforin- or Fas-mediated pathway, EGTA, a known selective inhibitor of the perforin pathway, was used. EGTA did not inhibit CD4+-T-cell-mediated cytotoxic activity, but it did limit the NK cell cytotoxicity of virus infected cells. These findings support the concept that CD4+ CTL lyse macrophages pulsed with BHV-1 polypeptides through a Fas-mediated lytic pathway by inducing apoptosis in the target cells. The prominent cytotoxicity mediated by CD4+ CTL suggests a mechanism of selective removal of viral antigen-associated antigen-presenting cells. 相似文献
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For many years the heterogeneity of CD4+ T-helper (Th) cells has been limited to Th1 and Th2 cells, which have been considered not only to be responsible for different
types of protective responses, but also for the pathogenesis of many disorders. Th1 cells are indeed protective against intracellular
microbes and they are thought to play a pathogenic role in organ-specific autoimmune and other chronic inflammatory disorders.
Th2 cells provide protection against helminths, but are also responsible for the pathogenesis of allergic diseases. The identification
and cloning of new cytokines has allowed one to enlarge the series of functional subsets of CD4+ Th effector cells. In particular, CD4+ Th cells producing IL-17 and IL-22, named Th17, have been initially implicated in the pathogenesis of many chronic inflammatory
disorders instead of Th1 cells. However, the more recent studies in both humans and mice suggest that Th17 cells exhibit a
high plasticity toward Th1 cells and that both Th17 and Th1 cells may be pathogenic. More recently, another two subsets of
effector CD4+ Th cells, named Th9 and Th22 cells, have been described, even if their pathophysiological meaning is still unclear. Despite
the heterogeneity of CD4+ effector Th cells being higher than previously thought and some of their subsets exhibiting high plasticity, the Th1/Th2
paradigm still maintains a strong validity. 相似文献
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Yueqin Qiu Jianbo Chen Hongying Liao Yan Zhang Hua Wang Shaoyuan Li Yanfen Luo Danyun Fang Guobao Li Boping Zhou Ling Shen Crystal Y. Chen Dan Huang Jiye Cai Kaiyuan Cao Lifang Jiang Gucheng Zeng Zheng W. Chen 《PLoS pathogens》2012,8(11)
T-cell immune responses modulated by T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing molecule 3 (Tim-3) during Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection in humans remain poorly understood. Here, we found that active TB patients exhibited increases in numbers of Tim-3-expressing CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, which preferentially displayed polarized effector memory phenotypes. Consistent with effector phenotypes, Tim-3+CD4+ and Tim-3+CD8+ T-cell subsets showed greater effector functions for producing Th1/Th22 cytokines and CTL effector molecules than Tim-3− counterparts, and Tim-3-expressing T cells more apparently limited intracellular Mtb replication in macrophages. The increased effector functions for Tim-3-expressing T cells consisted with cellular activation signaling as Tim-3+CD4+ and Tim-3+CD8+ T-cell subsets expressed much higher levels of phosphorylated signaling molecules p38, stat3, stat5, and Erk1/2 than Tim-3- controls. Mechanistic experiments showed that siRNA silencing of Tim-3 or soluble Tim-3 treatment interfering with membrane Tim-3-ligand interaction reduced de novo production of IFN-γ and TNF-α by Tim-3-expressing T cells. Furthermore, stimulation of Tim-3 signaling pathways by antibody cross-linking of membrane Tim-3 augmented effector function of IFN-γ production by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, suggesting that Tim-3 signaling helped to drive stronger effector functions in active TB patients. This study therefore uncovered a previously unknown mechanism for T-cell immune responses regulated by Tim-3, and findings may have implications for potential immune intervention in TB. 相似文献
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Gavin M. Mason Sarah Jackson Georgina Okecha Emma Poole J. G. Patrick Sissons John Sinclair Mark R. Wills 《PLoS pathogens》2013,9(10)
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widely prevalent human herpesvirus, which, after primary infection, persists in the host for life. In healthy individuals, the virus is well controlled by the HCMV-specific T cell response. A key feature of this persistence, in the face of a normally robust host immune response, is the establishment of viral latency. In contrast to lytic infection, which is characterised by extensive viral gene expression and virus production, long-term latency in cells of the myeloid lineage is characterised by highly restricted expression of viral genes, including UL138 and LUNA. Here we report that both UL138 and LUNA-specific T cells were detectable directly ex vivo in healthy HCMV seropositive subjects and that this response is principally CD4+ T cell mediated. These UL138-specific CD4+ T cells are able to mediate MHC class II restricted cytotoxicity and, importantly, show IFNγ effector function in the context of both lytic and latent infection. Furthermore, in contrast to CD4+ T cells specific to antigens expressed solely during lytic infection, both the UL138 and LUNA-specific CD4+ T cell responses included CD4+ T cells that secreted the immunosuppressive cytokine cIL-10. We also show that cIL-10 expressing CD4+ T-cells are directed against latently expressed US28 and UL111A. Taken together, our data show that latency-associated gene products of HCMV generate CD4+ T cell responses in vivo, which are able to elicit effector function in response to both lytic and latently infected cells. Importantly and in contrast to CD4+ T cell populations, which recognise antigens solely expressed during lytic infection, include a subset of cells that secrete the immunosuppressive cytokine cIL-10. This suggests that HCMV skews the T cell responses to latency-associated antigens to one that is overall suppressive in order to sustain latent carriage in vivo. 相似文献
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Forget MA Reuben A Turcotte S Martin J Lapointe R 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》2011,60(8):1119-1125
Polyfunctionality is the capacity of a T-cell to execute a variety of effector functions mainly mediated by production of
cytokines, chemokines, and cytolytic enzymes. Studies in anti-viral immunity have acknowledged the importance of polyfunctionality
in the clearance of infections and maintenance of protection. Although accepted in the field, this concept has not been as
well characterized in cancer immunology. Here, we report the polyfunctionality profile analysis of a CD8+ T-cell clone isolated from a lung cancer patient and directed against Dickkopf-1, a potentially new tumor-associated antigen
(TAA). The clone showed Tc1/Th1 effector tendencies confirmed by secretion of cytokines such as IFN-γ, IP-10, MIP-1β, MIP-1α,
IL-2, GM-CSF, and expression of cytolytic enzyme granzyme B. This secretion profile is of particular interest in the context
of an anti-tumor response. Although secretion of IL-5 and IL-13 was also detected, absence of IL-4 and IL-10 opposes the idea
of cytokine-dependent Th1 inhibition. Establishing a comprehensive cytokine secretion profile may help predict T cells’ specific
response against a novel TAA in a peptide vaccination context. It may further help in selecting clones with an optimal functional
profile from the peripheral blood of cancer patients for expansion and adoptive cell transfer therapy. 相似文献
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Role of T‐bet,the master regulator of Th1 cells,in the cytotoxicity of murine CD4+ T cells
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Koji Eshima Kana Misawa Chihiro Ohashi Kazuya Iwabuchi 《Microbiology and immunology》2018,62(5):348-356
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C3H mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis develop persistent, localized lesions with high parasite loads. During infection, memory/effector CD44hiCD4+ T cells proliferate and produce IL-2, but do not polarize to a known effector phenotype. Previous studies have demonstrated IL-12 is insufficient to skew these antigen-responsive T cells to a functional Th1 response. To determine the mechanism of this IL-12 unresponsiveness, we used an in vitro assay of repeated antigen activation. Memory/effector CD44hiCD4+ T cells did not increase proliferation in response to either IL-2 or IL-12, although these cytokines upregulated CD25 expression. Neutralization of IL-2 enhanced CD4+ T cell proliferation in response to IL-12. This cross-regulation of IL-12 responsiveness by IL-2 was confirmed in vivo by treatment with anti-IL-2 antibodies and IL-12 during antigen challenge of previously infected mice. These results suggest that during chronic infection with L. amazonensis, IL-2 plays a dominant, immunosuppressive role independent of identifiable conventional Treg cells. 相似文献