... tetramer +CD8+ Tcellresponse (23% of total CD8+ cells) was detected in the lungs (Table 1) A somewhat lower response (15%) of tetramer +CD8+ cells was detected in the lungs after IN infection with ... peptide, stained for intracellular IFNγ and analyzed by flow cytometry Percentages relative to total CD8+ cells are shown for various cell populations The data are from the experiment shown in Table ... residence of the cells Therefore, the conclusion that RSV infection specifically impairs CD8+ CTL functionality [1], and the hypothesis that this might contribute to RSV re-infection, must be reassessed...
... load the Figure Cytotoxicity assay Cytotoxicity assay Multiple AAV vectors for DC loading and the autologous targets generated using the IE1 subgenes Targets were generated by viral loading of the ... into DCs could elicit a significant CTL response against IE1-positive target cell lines This was the first time that the gene encoding IE1 was inserted into the AAV vector First, the IE1 gene was ... stimulated AAV/IE1-specific CTLs We analyzed the ability of the AAV/IE1 vectors to generate IE1 specific-CTLs (optimal ratio E :T; 1:20) To analyze CTL activity, we used the following target cell...
... factors that are able to break tolerance via activation of Toll-like receptors The therapeutic profile of CIA in the B6 mouse was similar to that of RA, with a therapeutic action of methotrexate at ... Feldmann M, et al.: Infliximab and methotrexate in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis with Concomitant Therapy Study Group The New England ... directed against T cells, in addition to investigating mechanisms of action of current therapies such as methotrexate Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...
... surprisingly, the little stimulatory efficiency of HLA-A203+ targets was completely lost after the 12 h dissociation period (Figure 7) It is interesting to note that the peptide presentation data recapitulate ... specific CD8Tcell repertoire of ethnically different patients and questions, at least in the context of HLA-A2 allele, the ability of the supertype motifs to predict virus-specific CD8+ Tcell responses ... subtypes 59 Furthermore, the ability of HLA-A2 subtypes to preferentially present different sets of peptides 68, 69 is another important contributor of the distinct epitopes targeted in HBV patients...
... detected positive responses Number of detected positive responses (A) The histogram plots show the number of positive CD8, CD4 or total T- cell responses detected with the IFN-γ+ MIP-1β+ and the ... evaluation equivalent to the measurement of the total IFN-γ producing T- cells with the relevant advantage of a consistent decrease of the background that in turn increases the sensitivity of the ... indicating that the increased sensitivity was not due to a higher number of false positive detections but due to a better capacity of the IFN-γ+ MIP-1β+ data evaluation to discriminate positive responses...
... differentiated effector T cells, but unlike conventional effectors [22], the CD45RA+ CD8T cells noted after anti-CD3 treatment were consistently CD27+ (Figure 3) and CD57- (data not shown) Effector ... matched control cells also often expanded as well To distinguish true restimulation-dependent growth from persistent expansion still attributable to primary stimulation, we calculated the ratio ... that previously stimulated CD8 cells are particularly susceptible to AICD and growth retardation after bead exposure This effect is not limited to cells previously exposed to beads Cells initially...
... reconstitution that includes pre-ART viral, immune activation and CD4 + Tcell counts The present study followed a cohort of ART-naïve, HIV- infected South African subjects We demonstrate that metabolic ... individuals, and to further explore the relationship between lipids and viral control Altogether our data indicate that metabolic parameters contribute to predicting the degree of immune reconstitution achieved ... report that did not detect a lack of responseto ART in obese subjects [59], we did observe a negative association between waist/hip ratio and CD4 gain, indicating that subjects with low waist to...
... after ART Activation of CD8+ cell subsets We next investigated the effect of ART on Tcell activation HIV- infected individuals had higher T- cell activation in the blood as indicated by expression ... The total CD8+ T cells had a tendency of decrease (see figure 2) Of the subsets we studied, EMRA and EM subsets declined in consistent with total CD8+ T cells, while the naïve and CM subsets had ... However, little is known about the change of CD8+ cell subsets during early period of ART In this study we investigated the dynamic changes not only in CD8+ cell subsets, but also in their activation...
... deleterious anti-vector immunity The priming strategy could then be matched with heterologous vectors that expand and/ or differentiate the primed cells to therapeutically useful effector T cells ... specific T cells/total CD8+ T cells), reversing the order of the vectors resulted in a limited overall Tcell expansion (~1/100 - 1/1000 or less, of specific T cells/total CD8+ T cells) within the ... antigen exposure and other factors •Limited antigen exposure, with potent co-stimulation could lead toT cells that retain low PD-1 expression through various stages: recently activated, effector...
... regulated concomitantly, indicating a differential intra-cluster regulation in agreement with the TLDA results (Table 1) Altogether, the data presented here demonstrate for the first time that human ... properties In that respect, it might therefore be helpful to elaborate better vaccination strategies for induction of CD8 + T cells with appropriate differentiation and functions Acknowledgements The ... role in CD8+ T cells remains an interesting issue to investigate, as it might shed new light on the relationship between cytokine signaling and lymphocytes differentiation In contrast to the clear...
... and to identify responses to known EBV and HSV-2 CD8 epitopes, indicates the results are measures of authentic CD8 responses Although it appeared that the length of peptide was not optimal for CD8 ... be the cellular response that is most crucial to control recurrent disease[9-11] For chronic disease states such as genital herpes, it is important to evaluate the specificity of the T- cellresponse ... suggests that even with few or no recurrences the immune system is being exposed to virus antigen The strength of the responses would argue that the virus may be continually attempting to reactivate...
... regulated concomitantly, indicating a differential intra-cluster regulation in agreement with the TLDA results (Table 1) Altogether, the data presented here demonstrate for the first time that human ... properties In that respect, it might therefore be helpful to elaborate better vaccination strategies for induction of CD8 + T cells with appropriate differentiation and functions Acknowledgements The ... role in CD8+ T cells remains an interesting issue to investigate, as it might shed new light on the relationship between cytokine signaling and lymphocytes differentiation In contrast to the clear...
... RA patient with adalimumab For both patients, an EBV-specific T- cellresponseto latent peptides was detectable at baseline but was not detectable at week 12 Nevertheless, the responseto lytic ... (EBV)-specific T- cell treatment IFNγ production in responseto high EBV viral load under treatment (a) Spondylarthropathy patient with infliximab + methotrexate (b) Rheumatoid arthritis patient with adalimumab ... EBV-specific T- cell effector functions leading to the lack of control of the EBV viral load These two patients having been treated with the association of anti-TNF antibody and MTX makes it impossible to...
... patients initiating ART [2,4-7] It is speculated that IRIS results from the restoration of immunity to pathogen-specific antigens present at the time of ART initiation Following ART, a quantitative ... represent the official views of the Fogarty International Center or the National Institutes of Health We wish to thank all of the patients who agreed to participate in this study We thank the Johannesburg ... populations may provide insight into the immunopathogenesis of IRIS Effector CD8T cells exhibit specialized functions such as cytotoxicity, antiviral cytokine production, telomerase activity [26,27]...
... investigated Our data show that anti-TNF treatments not impair the CD4pos anti-CMV response and suggest that CMV infection remains controlled in treated RA patients latently infected with CMV Materials ... outcome of the anti-CMV CD4pos T- cellresponse in RA patients treated with anti-TNF-α is of interest Case reports have mentioned the reactivation of CMV in anti-TNF-treated patients [3] It is thus ... signed-ranks test Statistical analyses were performed by using Stata Statistical Software (Intercooled Stata 8.2; Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA) Results Characteristics of patients Twenty-five...
... therapy (table 3) INH-treated subjects The IFN-gamma responseto PPD, QTF-G, RD1 intact proteins and selected peptides of the 24 TST+ individuals that started therapy, and that did not report ... Until recently, the tuberculin skin test (TST) has been the only tool used to detect LTBI, but this test is flawed operationally and in terms of specificity and sensitivity [3] Lately, in vitro assays ... subjects in whom a cuticonversion was not observed (data not shown) It is interesting to note that in the group of the individuals that reported an exposure to MTB in the past and started INH therapy...
... although the variant peptide was partially cross-recognised at the earliest time-point, the responseto the variant peptide remained relatively stable or reduced relative to the responseto the ... of the responses analysed were directed towards epitopes that underwent intraepitopic sequence variation within the first year FOSx When we focused on Tcell responses to epitopes that did not ... better than lower avidity T cells at any given antigen density [23] In vitro studies also suggest that HIVspecific CD8+ T cells must exceed an epitope-dependent avidity threshold in order to...
... to wild type TW10 peptide, but not to autologous variants Representative dot plot and histogram shown for stimulation with one of the autologous mutants, TSTLTEQVAW (top left) and wild type TW10 ... mount a proliferative responseto autologous TW10 variants (A) CD8+ T cells from ES8 mount a strong responseto wild type TW10 and autologous variants, but not to TW10 with the T2 42N mutation ... responding to the patient’s autologous peptides did not react to the tetramer, and only wild type TW10 elicited a response from tetramer staining cells (Figure 3c) This implies that the responseto the...