作者
Elizabeth D Kilpatrick, Masanori Terajima, Frederick T Koster, Michelle D Catalina, John Cruz, Francis A Ennis
发表日期
2004/3/1
期刊
The Journal of Immunology
卷号
172
期号
5
页码范围
3297-3304
出版商
American Association of Immunologists
简介
We report on the role of specific CD8+ T cells in the pathogenesis of a highly lethal human viral disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). HPS is a zoonotic disease caused by transmission of Sin Nombre virus (SNV) from chronically infected deer mice. In humans, this fulminant infection is characterized by lung capillary leakage, respiratory failure, and cardiogenic shock. Individuals with HLA-B* 3501 have an increased risk of developing severe HPS, suggesting that CD8+ T cell responses to SNV contribute to pathogenesis. We identified three CD8+ T cell epitopes in SNV presented by HLA-B* 3501 and quantitated circulating SNV-specific CD8+ T cells in 11 acute HPS patients using HLA/peptide tetramers. We found significantly higher frequencies of SNV-specific T cells in patients with severe HPS requiring mechanical ventilation (up to 44.2% of CD8+ T cells) than in moderately ill HPS patients …
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