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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 21, 期 3, 页码 218-226出版社
KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011091300321
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HIV; anti-CD3; CD4+T cells; cytokines; chemokines
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Activation of resting T cells has been proposed to purge the reservoir of HIV-1-infected resting CD4+ T cells. We therefore treated three HIV-1-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy with OKT3, a CD3 monoclonal antibody, and recombinant human IL-2. Here we report the profound and partially long-lasting host responses induced by the OKT3 and IL-2 treatment. OKT3/IL-2 induced a strong but transient release of plasma cytokines and chemokines. The percentage CD4+ and CD8+ cells in the blood expressing the activation marker CD38 transiently increased to almost 100%, and in lymph nodes we observed a 10-fold increase in the number of dividing Ki67+ cells and increased numbers of apoptotic cells. Following OKT3/IL-2 treatment, a long-lasting depletion of CD4+ cells in the peripheral blood and lymph nodes occurred, suggesting the physical deletion of these cells. Increases in CD,IT cell numbers during the two year followup period were due mainly to increased memory cell numbers. CD8+ cells were also depleted in the blood, but less severely in lymph nodes, and returned to baseline levels within several weeks.
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