Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756
2. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Abstract
ABSTRACT
C57BL/6 (B6) mice infected with LP-BM5 retroviruses develop disease, including an immunodeficiency similar to AIDS. This disease, murine AIDS (MAIDS), is inhibited by in vivo anti-CD154 monoclonal antibody treatment. The similar levels of insusceptibility of CD40
−/−
and CD154
−/−
B6 mice indicate that CD154/CD40 molecular interactions are required for MAIDS. CD4
+
T and B cells, respectively, provide the CD154 and CD40 expression needed for MAIDS induction. Here, the required CD154/CD40 interaction is shown to be independent of CD80 and CD86 expression: CD80/CD86
−/−
B6 mice develop MAIDS after LP-BM5 infection.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology
Cited by
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