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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 76, Issue 5, Pages 2225-2232Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.5.2225-2232.2002
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [Z01AI000753, ZIAAI000753] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The current studies demonstrate complex and seemingly contradictory effects by gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) on Friend virus (FV) infection. Both temporal and tissue-specific effects were observed. During the first week of infection, IFN-gamma-deficiency caused increased levels of FV infection in multiple tissues. Surprisingly, however, by 2 weeks postinfection, IFN-gamma-deficient mice had significantly lower levels of infection in both the spleen and bone marrow compared to wild-type mice. The rapid reduction of virus in the IFN-gamma-deficient mice correlated with a more rapid virus-neutralizing antibody response than was observed in the wild-type mice. Furthermore, the virus-neutralizing antibody response in wild-type mice could be accelerated by ablation of their IFN-gamma response. Although the IFN-gamma-deficient mice developed an accelerated virus-neutralizing antibody response, they did not class-switch to immunoglobulin G class immunoglobulins nor could they maintain long-term virus-neutralizing antibody titers. Eventually, all of the IFN-gamma-deficient mice failed to keep persistent virus in check and developed fatal FV-induced erythroleukemia.
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