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New Tools to Expand Regulatory T Cells from HIV-1-infected Individuals
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疫苗诱导的CD8+ T细胞控制艾滋病病毒的复制
Philip A Mudd1, Mauricio A Martins, Adam J Ericsen
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
Nature
|October 2, 2012
概括
人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 的疫苗开发可以通过研究精英控制器来推进. 这项研究表明,向的CD8(+) T细胞反应可以控制猿免疫缺陷病毒 (SIV) 在中复制.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 疫苗学 疫苗学 疫苗学
背景情况:
- 一些个人自然控制人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 复制,称为精英控制者.
- 精英控制与特定的人类白细胞抗原 (HLA) 等位基因密切相关,例如HLA-B*27.
- 这种病毒控制背后的精确机制尚未完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否狭的CD8 ((+) T细胞反应可以控制猿类免疫缺陷病毒 (SIV) 复制.
- 探索Mamu-B*08,HLA-B*27的动物模型,在病毒控制中的作用.
主要方法:
- 印第安 rhesus 表达 Mamu-B*08 被接种了三种 Mamu-B*08-受限 CD8 ((+) T 细胞表位.
- 对致病性SIVmac239的病毒复制进行了监测.
- 在血液,淋巴结和结肠中量化了针对Vif和Nef表位的CD8(+) T细胞的频率.
- 分析了病毒载量和表位突变脱离突变.
主要成果:
- 接种疫苗的可以控制SIV复制.
- 高频率的CD8 (((+) T细胞向与病毒控制相关的Vif和Nef表位.
- 一个特定的Nef表皮质反应 (RL10) 与减少的急性病毒性血症相关.
- 两只动物的病毒控制丧失与向表位的病毒逃生突变相吻合.
结论:
- 针对关键表位体的疫苗诱导的,特定于病毒的CD8(+) T细胞反应可以有效控制SIV复制.
- 这一发现支持针对针对性T细胞的艾滋病毒/艾滋病疫苗的潜力.
- 这项研究强调了特定T细胞表位在控制隐形病毒感染中的重要性.
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