Cross-reactive immunity among flaviviruses

APS Rathore, AL St. John - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Flaviviruses consist of significant human pathogens responsible for hundreds of millions of
infections each year. Their antigenic relationships generate immune responses that are …

Human T cell response to dengue virus infection

Y Tian, A Grifoni, A Sette, D Weiskopf - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
DENV is a major public health problem worldwide, thus underlining the overall significance
of the proposed Program. The four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes (1–4) cause the most …

Pathogenesis of vascular leak in dengue virus infection

GN Malavige, GS Ogg - Immunology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Endothelial dysfunction leading to vascular leak is the hallmark of severe dengue. Vascular
leak typically becomes clinically evident 3–6 days after the onset of illness, which is known …

Progress towards a dengue vaccine

DP Webster, J Farrar… - The Lancet infectious …, 2009 - thelancet.com
The spread of dengue virus throughout the tropics represents a major, rapidly growing
public health problem with an estimated 2· 5 billion people at risk of dengue fever and the …

Cross-reactivity and expansion of dengue-specific T cells during acute primary and secondary infections in humans

H Friberg, H Bashyam, T Toyosaki-Maeda, JA Potts… - Scientific reports, 2011 - nature.com
Serotype-cross-reactive memory T cells responding to secondary dengue virus (DENV)
infection are thought to contribute to disease. However, epitope-specific T cell responses …

Conservation and variability of dengue virus proteins: implications for vaccine design

AM Khan, O Miotto, EJM Nascimento… - PLoS neglected …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Genetic variation and rapid evolution are hallmarks of RNA viruses, the result of
high mutation rates in RNA replication and selection of mutants that enhance viral …

Homology, similarity, and identity in peptide epitope immunodefinition

D Kanduc - Journal of Peptide Science, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The tendency to use the terms homology, similarity, and identity interchangeably persists in
comparative biology. When translated to immunology, overlapping the concepts of …

Timing of CD8+ T cell responses in relation to commencement of capillary leakage in children with dengue

NTP Dung, HTL Duyen, NTV Thuy, TV Ngoc… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
Immune activation is a feature of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and CD8+ T cell
responses in particular have been suggested as having a role in the vasculopathy that …

Memory CD8+ T cells from naturally acquired primary dengue virus infection are highly cross‐reactive

H Friberg, L Burns, M Woda… - Immunology and cell …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Cross‐reactive memory T cells induced by primary infection with one of the four serotypes of
dengue virus (DENV) are hypothesized to have an immunopathological function in …

Gag- and Nef-specific CD4+ T cells recognize and inhibit SIV replication in infected macrophages early after infection

JB Sacha, JP Giraldo-Vela… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The precise immunological role played by CD4+ T cells in retroviral infections is poorly
defined. Here, we describe a new function of these cells, the elimination of retrovirus …