Effects of interleukin 2 and large envelope glycoprotein (gp 120) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on lymphocyte proliferative responses to cytomegalovirus.
In: Clinical and experimental immunology, Jg. 72 (1988-05-01), Heft 2, S. 179-85
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Lymphocytes from many HIV-infected asymptomatic individuals or patients with AIDS-related conditions (ARC) and from all AIDS patients were unable to proliferate in vitro in response to UV-inactivated cytomegalovirus (CMV). The addition of recombinant IL2 (rIL2) restored proliferative responses of lymphocytes from most HIV-infected asymptomatic individuals and ARC patients to levels similar to those of HIV-seronegative (HIV-) CMV-seropositive (CMV+) individuals. In contrast, rIL2 augmented CMV-specific lymphocyte proliferation of only 33% (6/18) of AIDS patients. Proliferative responses to CMV with or without rIL2 did not correlate well with the levels of CD4+ lymphocytes, HIV antigen levels or ratios of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes. Proliferative responses to CMV were inhibited by relatively high concentrations (greater than or equal to 10 micrograms/ml) of recombinant HIV envelope glycoprotein (rgp120) and this immunosuppression was completely overcome by rIL2. These results indicate that defects in antigen-driven lymphocyte responses of HIV-infected individuals are not simply the result of reduced numbers of CD4+ lymphocytes but are influenced by defects in IL2 pathways and by immunosuppressive effects of HIV gp120.
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Effects of interleukin 2 and large envelope glycoprotein (gp 120) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on lymphocyte proliferative responses to cytomegalovirus.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Krowka, J ; Stites, D ; Mills, J ; Hollander, H ; McHugh, T ; Busch, M ; Wilhelm, L ; Blackwood, L |
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Zeitschrift: | Clinical and experimental immunology, Jg. 72 (1988-05-01), Heft 2, S. 179-85 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2022- : Oxford : Oxford University Press ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1988 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0009-9104 (print) |
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