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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:dateCreated |
1987-4-1
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pubmed:abstractText |
Adoptive transfer experiments in athymic nude mice demonstrated that the demyelination seen in the central nervous system (CNS) following Semliki Forest virus (SFV) infection was directly dependent upon sensitized T lymphocytes. Antibodies generated during the infection did not seem to be involved in the demyelination, but thymus-dependent antibodies (IgG) were responsible for the reduction of brain virus titres. In the absence of a T cell response and T cell-dependent antibody production, virus persisted in the CNS for several months. Despite persistence of high virus titres for this time, only mice eventually developing a CNS inflammatory response developed lesions of demyelination. In the absence of an inflammatory response no demyelination was apparent even after several months of persistent infection. Administration of anti-SFV hyperimmune serum intracerebrally to both infected and control mice did not produce demyelination but resulted in CNS tissue degeneration with marked pycnosis.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Feb
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pubmed:issn |
0022-1317
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
68 ( Pt 2)
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
377-85
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Antibodies, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Brain,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Demyelinating Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Encephalitis,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Immune Sera,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Immunization, Passive,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Mice, Inbred BALB C,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Mice, Nude,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Semliki forest virus,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-T-Lymphocytes,
pubmed-meshheading:3029281-Togaviridae Infections
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pubmed:year |
1987
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Semliki Forest virus-induced, immune-mediated demyelination: adoptive transfer studies and viral persistence in nude mice.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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