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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
The discovery of T helper type 1 (Th1) and T helper type 2 (Th2) phenotypes within the CD4+ T-lymphocyte population has allowed for further elucidation of the roles the T cells play in regulation of humoral and cellular immunity. It is suggested that differential activation of the CD4+ subsets, particularly up-regulation of the Th2 cell and down-regulation of the Th1 cell, may be associated with diseases as diverse as AIDS and asthma. We report herein that by using the polymerase chain reaction to analyze the kinetics of in vivo cytokine- and virus-specific gene expression, we can show that mice infected with the molecularly cloned MAIDS defective virus 1/27/A BM5 exhibit an alteration in cytokine gene expression that closely parallels an increase in spleen cell numbers, an increase in IgM production, a decrease in the stimulation index, and an increase in defective-virus gene expression in these mice. As has been suggested to be true for human AIDS, the observed alteration of cytokine gene expression suggests that a pattern of expression similar to that produced by Th2 cells may also have a role in the development of MAIDS.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0894-9255
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Defective Viruses, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Gene Expression Regulation, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Murine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-RNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Retroviridae, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:8263747-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Alteration of in vivo cytokine gene expression in mice infected with a molecular clone of the defective MAIDS virus.
pubmed:affiliation
All Children's Hospital, Laboratory of Immunosuppressive Retrovirology, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't