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17064782

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
Immunological control of bovine leukemia virus (BLV)-infection has been reported as dependent on the expression balance of types 1 and 2 cytokines. In this report, mRNA expression of interferon (IFN)-gamma and interleukin (IL)-2 (type 1 cytokines), and of IL-4 and IL-10 (type 2 cytokines) were evaluated in concanavalin A-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from BLV-infected sheep. Despite the same dose of BLV-infection, the extent of viral propagation was markedly different between eight individual sheep by 12 weeks post infection. The virus did not propagate well in three sheep, which showed augmented mRNA expression of IFN-gamma, a strong indicator of cell-mediated immunity, immediately after BLV-infection. Among the other five sheep having more than 2% of BLV-infected cells among PBMC at 12 weeks post infection, four sheep developed B-cell leukemia or lymphoma within 2 years after infection. These observations indicate IFN-gamma expression may play an important role in the protective mechanism against BLV propagation at the early phase of the infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0165-2427
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Interferon-gamma expression associated with suppression of bovine leukemia virus at the early phase of infection in sheep.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't