Erschienen in:
01.06.2014 | Short Communication
T cells increase before zoster and PD-1 expression increases at the time of zoster in immunosuppressed nonhuman primates latently infected with simian varicella virus
verfasst von:
Stephanie F. James, Vicki Traina-Dorge, Eileen Deharo, Mary Wellish, Brent E. Palmer, Don Gilden, Ravi Mahalingam
Erschienen in:
Journal of NeuroVirology
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Ausgabe 3/2014
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Abstract
Like varicella zoster virus in humans, simian varicella virus (SVV) becomes latent in ganglionic neurons along the entire neuraxis and reactivates in immunosuppressed monkeys. Five rhesus macaques were inoculated with SVV; 142 days later (latency), four monkeys were immunosuppressed, and T cells were analyzed for naïve, memory, and effector phenotypes and expression of programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1; T cell exhaustion). All T cell subsets decreased during immunosuppression and except for CD8 effectors, peaked 2 weeks before zoster. Compared to before immunosuppression, PD-1 expression increased at reactivation. Increased T cells before zoster is likely due to virus reactivation.