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ArticleVirologica Sinica2014

The phenotype and activation status of regulatory T cells during Friend retrovirus infection.

Jara J Joedicke, Kirsten K Dietze, Gennadiy Zelinskyy, Ulf Dittmer

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Article in Virologica Sinica, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jara J JoedickeInstitute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany.
Kirsten K Dietze
Gennadiy Zelinskyy
Ulf Dittmer
University of Duisburg-Essen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The suppressive capacity of regulatory T cells (Tregs) has been extensively studied and is well established for many diseases. The expansion, accumulation, and activation of Tregs in viral infections are of major interest in order to find ways to alter Treg functions for therapeutic benefit. Tregs are able to dampen effector T cell responses to viral infections and thereby contribute to the establishment of a chronic infection. In the Friend retrovirus (FV) mouse model, Tregs are known to expand in all infected organs. To better understand the characteristics of these Treg populations, their phenotype was analyzed in detail. During acute FV-infection, Tregs became activated in the spleen and bone marrow, as indicated by various T cell activation markers, such as CD43 and CD103. Interestingly, Tregs in the bone marrow, which contains the highest viral loads during acute infection, displayed greater levels of activation than Tregs from the spleen. Treg expansion was driven by proliferation but no FV-specific Tregs could be detected. Activated Tregs in FV-infection did not produce Granzyme B (GzmB) or tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), which are thought to be a potential mechanism for their suppressive activity. Furthermore, Tregs expressed inhibitory markers, such as TIM3, PD-1 and PD-L1. Blocking TIM3 and PD-L1 with antibodies during chronic FV-infection increased the numbers of activated Tregs. These data may have important implications for the understanding of Treg functions during chronic viral infections.

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Lymphocyte ActivationAnimalsAnimal StructuresB7-H1 AntigenBone MarrowFriend murine leukemia virusGranzymesHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2ImmunophenotypingLeukemia, ExperimentalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptors, VirusRetroviridae InfectionsSpleenB7-H1 AntigenGranzymesGzmb protein, mouseHavcr2 protein, mouseHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2Pdcd1 protein, mouseProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptors, VirusTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID24452537
PMCPMC8206416
OpenAlexW2068221174

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