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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
HTLV-I infection is causally associated with a variety of human diseases including leukemia/lymphoma, myelopathy, uveitis, and arthropathy. Tax protein of HTLV-I, which is considered oncogenic, binds to transcription factors or other cytoplasmic cellular molecules involved in the fundamental cell function and thereby induces cellular changes. The interaction between HTLV-I-infected cells with dysregulated function and different kinds of cells in the host, such as lymphocytes and vascular endothelial cells through viral peptides, antigen receptors cell adhesion molecules, and cytokines, appears to be one of the basic mechanisms underlying the development of HTLV-I-associated diseases. This interaction may play a major role in determining tumorigenicity and in forming clinical features of the diseases. The in vivo cell proliferation model of HTLV-I-infected cells using severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice can differentiate tumorigenicity from cell immortalization in vitro. The OX40 and its ligand gp34, which are induced by HTLV-I infection and directly mediate the adhesion between HTLV-I-infected T cells and vascular endothelial cells, may be critically involved in the localization and proliferation of HTLV-I-infected cells in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0732-0582
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Arthritis, Infectious, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Gene Products, tax, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Genome, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-HTLV-I Infections, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Human T-lymphotropic virus 1, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Uveitis, pubmed-meshheading:9143680-Viral Proteins
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Human T cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) and human diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Japan. tuchiyam@virus1.virus.kyoto-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Review