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Differential dynamics of the peripheral and intrahepatic cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to hepatitis B surface antigen.
Virology 333, 293-300 (2005)
The distribution and dynamics of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) were studied in mice after intramuscular DNA immunization and after hepatic infection by a recombinant adenovirus that expresses the hepatitis B virus genome (Ad-HBV). CTLs specific for HBsAg accumulate preferentially in the spleen after DNA immunization but are primarily intrahepatic after Ad-HBV infection. The secondary CTL response to Ad-HBV in DNA-primed mice is characterized by rapid depletion of effector CTLs from the spleen, and their expansion in the liver where they cause hepatitis, secrete interferon gamma (IFNgamma), and inhibit HBV gene expression. Suppression of HBsAg synthesis is accompanied by disappearance of intrahepatic IFNgamma-producing CTLs and their reaccumulation in the spleen. The data suggest a possible explanation for the paucity and functional deficiency of HBV-specific CTLs in the periphery during chronic HBV infection, and that the severity of infection can be worsened by a preexisting CTL response if neutralizing antibody is not also present.
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Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Language
english
Publication Year
2005
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ISSN (print) / ISBN
0042-6822
e-ISSN
0042-6822
Journal
Virology
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Volume: 333,
Issue: 2,
Pages: 293-300
Publisher
Elsevier
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Virology (VIRO)
PubMed ID
15721363
Erfassungsdatum
2005-12-31