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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 174, Issue 8, Pages 4753-4760Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.8.4753
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI28691, AI30033, AI20729, R01 AI048394, R01 AI020729, AI48394] Funding Source: Medline
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Production of IL-2 and IFN-gamma by CD4(+) T lymphocytes is important for the maintenance of a functional immune system in infected individuals. In the present study, we assessed the cytokine production profiles of functionally distinct subsets of CD4(+) T lymphocytes in rhesus monkeys infected with pathogenic or attenuated SIV/simian human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) isolates, and these responses were compared with those in vaccinated monkeys that were protected from immunodeficiency following pathogenic SHIV challenge. We observed that preserved central memory CD4(+) T lymphocyte production of SIV/SHIV-induced IL-2 was associated with disease protection following primate lentivirus infection. Persisting clinical protection in vaccinated and challenged monkeys is thus correlated with a preserved capacity of the peripheral blood central memory CD4(+) T cells to express this important immunomodulatory cytokine.
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