期刊
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 30, 期 5, 页码 703-722出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-010-9441-2
关键词
HSV-2; T cells; antigens/peptides/epitopes; virus
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资金
- [NIH P01-AI030731]
- [NIH P30 AI207757]
- [NIH AI 50132]
- [NIH R37-AI042528]
CD8(+) T cells are known to be important in clearing herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections. However, investigating the specific antiviral mechanisms employed by HSV-2-specific T cell populations is limited by a lack of reagents such as CD8(+) T cell epitopes and specific tetramers. Using a combination of intracellular cytokine staining flow cytometry and ELISpot methods, we functionally characterized peripheral HSV-2-specific CD8(+) T cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) that recognize 14 selected HSV-2 open-reading frames (ORFs) from 55 HSV-2 seropositive persons; within these ORFs, we subsequently identified more than 20 unique CD8(+) T cell epitopes. CD8(+) T cells to HSV-2 exhibited significant heterogeneity in their functional characteristics, proliferation, production of inflammatory cytokines, and potential to degranulate ex vivo. The diversity in T cell response in these ex vivo assessments offers the potential of defining immune correlates of HSV-2 reactivation in humans.
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