Identification of novel neutralization-inducing regions of the human T cell lymphotropic virus type I envelope glycoproteins with human HTLV-I-seropositive sera

C DESGRANGES, S SOUCHE… - AIDS research and …, 1994 - liebertpub.com
The humoral immune response in sera from 30 human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-
I)-positive individuals from Martinique in the French West Indies was studied. The subjects …

Mechanism of inhibitory effect of dextran sulfate and heparin on human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-induced syncytium formation in vitro: role of cell-to-cell …

H Ida, A Kurata, K Eguchi, I Yamashita, M Nakashima… - Antiviral research, 1994 - Elsevier
Cell-to-cell contact is usually essential for syncytium formation by HTLV-I-infected cell lines.
The present study was undertaken to determine the inhibitory effect of polyanionic …

Identification of an 80-kilodalton membrane glycoprotein important for human T-cell leukemia virus type I and type II syncytium formation and infection

MG Agadjanyan, KE Ugen, B Wang… - Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human T-cell leukemia virus type I and type II (HTLV-I and HTLV-II, respectively) infect
certain sublines of the BJAB human B-cell line. We observed that the WH subline, but not the …

Inhibition of adsorption of human T‐cell‐leukemia virus type 1 by a plant lectin, wheat‐germ agglutinin

D Yang, Y Haraguchi, H Iwai, A Handa… - … journal of cancer, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Thirty‐six lectins that recognize various sugar chains were examined for inhibitory activities
against infection with human T‐cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV‐I). Wheat‐germ agglutinin …

Clustering of human T lymphotropic virus type I seropositivity in Montserrat, West Indies: evidence for an environmental factor in transmission of the virus

GJ Miller, LL Lewis, SM Colman… - Journal of Infectious …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
A community survey of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in Montserrat, West
Indies, identified 22 instances in which 2 HTLV-I-seropositive adults lived within 60 m of …

Detection of neutralizing antibodies against human T‐cell leukemia virus type 1 using a cell‐free infection system and polymerase chain reaction

Y Haraguchi, DW Yang, A Handa… - … journal of cancer, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
We have developed a cell‐free infection system to titrate neutralizing antibodies against
human T‐cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV‐I) using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). S+ …

Stimulation of virus production and induction of self-syncytium formation in human T-cell leukemia virus type I-and type II-infected T cells by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol …

M Wolfson, M Lev, I Avinoah, Z Malik, M Löchelt… - Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
Treatment of human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I)-and HTLV-II-infected T-cell lines
with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) stimulated virus release. However, this …

Immune response to retroviral infection

S Norley, R Kurth - The Retroviridae, 1994 - Springer
Since their discovery, retroviruses have been shown to be responsible for diseases in a
wide range of hosts, from birds to humans. Indeed, the fact that most vertebrates contain …

Functional comparison between HTLV-I envelopes originating from TSP/HAM or ATL cell lines

C Pique, F Saal, J Périès, D Pham, T Tursz… - JAIDS Journal of …, 1994 - journals.lww.com
The human T-cell leukemia type I (HTLV-I) virus is associated with two different diseases,
adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and tropical spastic para-paresis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy …

Epidemiology and etiopathology of human T-lymphotropic viruses: diagnostic and clinical implications for non-endemic areas

A Del Mistro, ML Calabrò, A Favero… - Tumori …, 1994 - journals.sagepub.com
Human T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLV) type I and II were first described more than a decade
ago. HTLV-I epidemiology and etiopathology are more defined than those of HTLV-II, but …