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IFN-gamma production in response to Tax 161-233, and frequency of CD4(+) Foxp3(+) and Lin(-) HLA-DRhigh CD123(+) cells, discriminate HAM/TSP patients from asymptomatic HTLV-1-carriers in a Peruvian population

dc.contributor.author Best, I es_PE
dc.contributor.author Lopez, G es_PE
dc.contributor.author Verdonck, K es_PE
dc.contributor.author Gonzalez, E es_PE
dc.contributor.author Tipismana, M es_PE
dc.contributor.author Gotuzzo, E es_PE
dc.contributor.author Vanham, G es_PE
dc.contributor.author Clark, D es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.description.abstract Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) can cause HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). The objective of this study was to gain insight into the pathogenesis of HAM/TSP by focusing on the CD8(+) T-cell response. Twenty-three HTLV-1-seronegative controls (SC), 29 asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers (AC) and 48 patients with HAM/TSP were enrolled in the study. We evaluated the production of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated with Tax overlapping peptides, the expression of genes related to the CD8(+) cytotoxic T-cell response, the frequency of CD4(+) Foxp3(+) cells and of dendritic cells, and the HTLV-1 provirus load (PVL). The frequency of cells producing IFN-gamma in response to Tax 161-233, but not to Tax 11-19, discriminated patients with HAM/TSP from AC. The increased pro-inflammatory response observed in patients with HAM/TSP was shared by AC with a high PVL, who also exhibited lower levels of granzyme H mRNA in unstimulated CD8(+) T cells than AC with a low PVL. Patients with HAM/TSP showed higher frequencies of CD4(+) Foxp3(+) cells and lower frequencies of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) than AC. Our findings are consistent with a model in which HTLV-1, along with the host genetic background, drives quantitative and qualitative changes in pDC and CD4(+) Foxp3(+) cells that lead to a predominance of inflammatory responses over lytic responses in the CD8(+) T-cell response of individuals predisposed to develop HAM/TSP. en
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03082.x
dc.identifier.isi 268703800063
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/1157
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd en
dc.relation.ispartof Immunology
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject CD8+ T-cell response eng
dc.subject Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 eng
dc.subject Paraparesis eng
dc.title IFN-gamma production in response to Tax 161-233, and frequency of CD4(+) Foxp3(+) and Lin(-) HLA-DRhigh CD123(+) cells, discriminate HAM/TSP patients from asymptomatic HTLV-1-carriers in a Peruvian population
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