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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has been linked to inflammation-related disease processes in the human host, including vascular diseases and chronic transplant rejection. The mechanisms through which CMV affects the pathogenesis of these diseases are for the most part unknown. To study the contributing role of the host immune response to CMV in these chronic inflammatory processes, we examined endothelial cell interactions with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Endothelial cultures were monitored for levels of fractalkine induction as a marker for initiating the host inflammatory response. Our results demonstrate that in the presence of CMV antigen PBMC from normal healthy CMV-seropositive donors produce soluble factors that induce fractalkine in endothelial cells. This was not observed in parallel assays with PBMC from seronegative donors. Examination of subset populations within the PBMC further revealed that CMV antigen-stimulated CD4(+) T cells were the source of the factors, gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor alpha, driving fractalkine induction. Direct contact between CD4(+) cells and the endothelial monolayers is required for this fractalkine induction, where the endothelial cells appear to provide antigen presentation functions. These findings indicate that CMV may represent one member of a class of persistent pathogens where the antigen-specific T-cell response can result in the induction of fractalkine, leading to chronic inflammation and endothelial cell injury.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-538X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13173-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Human cytomegalovirus-specific CD4+-T-cell cytokine response induces fractalkine in endothelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0672, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.