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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is a major cause of hospitalization in children under 1 year of age. RSV causes common colds in older children and adults, but can cause serious disease in immunodeficient patients and the elderly. Development of effective vaccines and treatments for RSV infection is therefore a priority. Because bronchiolitis and vaccine-augmented disease are thought to be caused by exuberant T cell activation, attention has focused on the use of immunomodulators that affect T cell responses. In mice, IL-12 treatment down-regulates type 2 cytokine responses to the attachment protein G of RSV, reducing lung eosinophilia but further enhancing illness. We now show that CD8(+) T cells are responsible for enhanced weight loss, whereas IL-12-activated NK cells express high levels of IFN-gamma and inhibit lung eosinophilia without causing illness. Moreover, unlike immunocompetent mice, virus is detected in the mediastinal lymph nodes after elimination of both CD8(+) T cells and NK cells. These studies show that innate immune responses to viral infections direct the pattern of subsequent specific immunity and are critical to the development of nonpathogenic antiviral effects. We speculate that IL-12 treatment might be beneficial and safe in T cell-deficient patients with RSV pneumonitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
165
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7109-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Antiviral Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-HN Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Injections, Intraperitoneal, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Interleukin-12, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Lymphopenia, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Pulmonary Eosinophilia, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Respiratory Syncytial Viruses, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Viral Envelope Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11120841-Viral Proteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
IL-12-activated NK cells reduce lung eosinophilia to the attachment protein of respiratory syncytial virus but do not enhance the severity of illness in CD8 T cell-immunodeficient conditions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Medical School, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom. t.hussell@ic.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't