Transient Epstein-Barr virus reactivation in CD3 monoclonal antibody-treated patients
Transient Epstein-Barr virus reactivation in CD3 monoclonal antibody-treated patients
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2009-02-204875
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发表时间:
2010-02-11
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Chatenoud, Lucienne
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作者:
Keymeulen, Bart;Candon, Sophie;Chatenoud, Lucienne
Here we report a unique situation in which an early and synchronized Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation was induced by a 6-day course of treatment with a humanized CD3-specific monoclonal antibody in patients with recent onset of type 1 diabetes. The virologic and immunologic analysis demonstrated that this reactivation was transient, self-limited, and isolated, associated with the rapid advent of an EBV-specific T-cell response. The anti-CD3 antibody administration induced short-lasting immunosuppression and minor yet clear-cut signs of T-cell activation that preceded viral reactivation. Early posttransplant monitoring of renal and islet allograft recipients showed that no comparable phenomenon was observed after the administration of full-dose immunosuppressive therapy. This EBV reactivation remains of no apparent clinical concern over the long term and should not preclude further development of therapeutic anti-CD3 antibodies. This phenomenon may also direct new research avenues to understand the still ill-defined nature of stimuli triggering EBV reactivation in vivo. (Blood. 2010;115:1145-1155)