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ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2008

Infection of mice with respiratory syncytial virus during neonatal life primes for enhanced antibody and T cell responses on secondary challenge.

L Tasker, R W B Lindsay, B T Clarke, D W R Cochrane, S Hou

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Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Early-life respiratory syncytial virus infection and asthma.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  14. Neonatal mucosal immunology.Mucosal immunology · 2017
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  20. Neonatal antibody responses are attenuated by interferon-γ produced by NK and T cells during RSV infection.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L TaskerEdward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research, Newbury, Berks, UK.
R W B Lindsay
B T Clarke
D W R Cochrane
S Hou
Jenner Institute · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary neonatal immune responses to infection or vaccines are weak when compared with those of adults. In addition, memory responses of neonatally primed animals may be absent, weak or T helper type 2 (Th2)-biased. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important pathogen of human infants and infection during the neonatal period has been linked to the development of asthma in later life. Here we report that acute intranasal infection of neonatal mice with RSV induces significant RSV-specific antibody and CD8 T cell responses. These responses were boosted after RSV rechallenge during adulthood, demonstrating the establishment of memory after neonatal priming. Primary infection during neonatal life was associated, following rechallenge, with limited viral replication in the lung. Recall responses of both spleen and lymph node cells from neonatally primed and adult-primed mice were associated with interferon-gamma secretion, indicative of a Th1-type response. However, interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5 secretion were enhanced only in spleen and lymph node cells from neonatally primed mice. Rechallenge of neonatally primed mice was also associated with increased concentrations of chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha and regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted in the lung. These may play a role in the enhanced inflammatory cell recruitment and immunopathology induced following RSV reinfection. Our results demonstrate therefore that immunity to RSV can be established during neonatal life and, importantly, that the quality of the subsequent response is dependent upon the age of first infection.

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Respiratory Syncytial VirusesAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntibodies, ViralCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChemokine CCL2Chemokine CCL3Chemokine CCL5Immunologic MemoryInterleukin-4Interleukin-5LungLymph NodesLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred BALB CAntibodies, ViralCcl2 protein, mouseChemokine CCL2Chemokine CCL3Chemokine CCL5Interleukin-4Interleukin-5Respiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID18549446
PMCPMC2492908
OpenAlexW2089982915

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