Cell-mediated immune responses to human papillomavirus 16 E6 and E7 antigens as measured by interferon gamma enzyme-linked immunospot in women with cleared or persistent human papillomavirus infection.
Cell-mediated immune responses to human papillomavirus 16 E6 and E7 antigens as measured by interferon gamma enzyme-linked immunospot in women with cleared or persistent human papillomavirus infection.
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10.1111/igc.0b013e3181a388c4
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2009-05
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Moscicki AB
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Farhat S;Nakagawa M;Moscicki AB
Cell mediated immune responses have been thought to be important in the control of HPV infections. We examined cell-mediated immune responses to HPV 16 E6 and E7 in the peripheral blood using IFN-γ enzyme-linked ImmunoSpot (ELISpot) assay in women with HPV 16 infection who showed clearance and compared these women to women with HPV 16 persistence. Women participating in a longitudinal study of cervical HPV were recruited once cervical HPV 16 infection was detected by PCR. Four groups of women were examined; 1) persistent 2) intermittent 3) transient and 4) cleared. Ninety-six samples from 55 women were compared. Comparing IFN-γ ELISpot to HPV 16 clearance, of 10 women with recent persistence, none had response to either E6 or E7; 14/24 women with recent clearance had E6 and 8/24 had E7 response. Women with intermittent persistence behaved similar to clearance group than recent persistors: 50% were positive to E6 and 20% to E7. In summary, anti E6 responses appeared critical in the immediate control of HPV and in some women an immune tolerance eventually develops if HPV is not eliminated soon after infection.