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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-3
pubmed:abstractText
T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire perturbations are commonly detected in CD8+ T cells during adult primary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and have been associated with HIV-specific cytotoxic T cell responses. By use of flow cytometry, transient high-level TCR beta-chain variable region-specific expansions of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were observed more frequently in HIV-infected children than in children exposed to HIV who remained uninfected. TCR beta-chain diversity analysis and diversity-specific polymerase chain reaction were used to study the clonality of expanded CD4+ and CD8+ subsets. In CD8+ T cells, structural features of the complement-determining regions 3 were altered during the course of the expansion, and persistent TCR clonotypes were observed, consistent with antigen-driven selection. In contrast, TCR beta-chain variable region-specific expansions without clonotypic overrepresentation or persistence were observed in CD4+ T cells, possibly related to HIV-specific helper T cell responses or to the progressive destruction of the CD4+ cell compartment.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
181
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
107-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Transient T cell receptor beta-chain variable region-specific expansions of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells during the early phase of pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection: characterization of expanded cell populations by T cell receptor phenotyping.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. hsoudeyns@justine.umontreal.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't