High Circulating Frequencies of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha- and Interleukin-2-Secreting Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1)-Specific CD4 + T Cells in Patients with HTLV-1-Associated Neurological Disease

Author:

Goon Peter K. C.1,Igakura Tadahiko1,Hanon Emmanuel1,Mosley Angelina J.1,Asquith Becca1,Gould Keith G.1,Taylor Graham P.2,Weber Jonathan N.2,Bangham Charles R. M.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Immunology

2. Genito-Urinary Medicine and Communicable Diseases, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Abstract

ABSTRACT Significantly higher frequencies of tumor necrosis factor alpha- and interleukin-2-secreting human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-specific CD4 + T cells were present in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) patients than in those of asymptomatic carriers with similar provirus loads. The data suggest that HTLV-1-specific CD4 + T cells play a role in the pathogenesis of HAM/TSP.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology

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