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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Intranasal infection of mice with the murine gamma-herpesvirus MHV-68 results in an acute lytic infection in the lung, followed by the establishment of lifelong latency. Development of an infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome correlates with the establishment of latency and is characterized by splenomegaly and the appearance of activated CD8+ T cells in the peripheral blood. Interestingly, a large population of activated CD8+ T cells in the peripheral blood expresses the V beta 4+ element in their TCR. In this report we show that MHV-68 latency in the spleen after intranasal infection is harbored in three APC types: B cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells. Surprisingly, since latency has not previously been described in dendritic cells, these cells harbored the highest frequency of latent virus. Among B cells, latency was preferentially associated with activated B cells expressing the phenotype of germinal center B cells, thus formally linking the previously reported association of latency gene expression and germinal centers to germinal center B cells. Germinal center formation, however, was not required for the establishment of latency. Significantly, although three cell types were latently infected, the ability to stimulate V beta 4+CD8+ T cell hybridomas was limited to latently infected, activated B cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
165
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1074-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Gammaherpesvirinae, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Germinal Center, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Hybridomas, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Infectious Mononucleosis, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Macrophage Activation, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10878386-Virus Latency
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Latent murine gamma-herpesvirus infection is established in activated B cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Program in Viral Oncogenesis and Tumor Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't