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Measles virus-induced changes in leukocyte function antigen 1 expression and leukocyte aggregation: possible role in
N Attibele1, P R Wyde, J Trial
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Journal of Virology
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
Measles virus (MV) infection of U937 cell or peripheral blood leukocyte cultures was shown to induce changes in the expression of leukocyte function antigen 1 (LFA-1) and cause marked aggregation of these cells. Addition of selected monoclonal antibodies specific for LFA-1 epitopes that did not neutralize MV in standard neutralization assays were found to block both virus-induced leukocyte aggregation and virus dissemination. These data suggest that MV modulation of LFA-1 expression on leukocytes may be an important step in MV pathogenesis.