Gamma delta+ T cells involvement in viral immune control of chronic human herpesvirus 8 infection |
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Authors: | Barcy Serge De Rosa Stephen C Vieira Jeffrey Diem Kurt Ikoma Minako Casper Corey Corey Lawrence |
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Affiliation: | Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. sbarcy@u.washington.edu |
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Abstract: | Little is known about what effector populations are associated with the control of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection in vivo. We compared T lymphocyte subsets among HIV-HHV-8+ and HIV-HHV-8- infected human individuals. alphabeta+ T cells from HHV-8-infected individuals displayed a significantly higher percentage of differentiated effector cells among both CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets. HHV-8 infection was associated with significant expansion of gammadelta+ Vdelta1 T cells expressing a differentiated effector cell phenotype in peripheral blood. In vitro stimulation of PBMC from HHV-8-infected individuals with either infectious viral particles or different HHV-8 viral proteins resulted in gammadelta Vdelta1 T cell activation. In addition, gammadelta Vdelta1 T cells displayed a strong reactivity against HHV-8-infected cell lines and prevented the release of infectious viral particles following the induction of lyric replication. These data indicate that gammadelta T cells play a role in both innate and adaptive T cell responses against HHV-8 in immunocompetent individuals. |
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