Apoptosis and T-cell depletion during feline infectious peritonitis
Apoptosis and T-cell depletion during feline infectious peritonitis
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.70.12.8977-8983.1996
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发表时间:
1996-12-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Horzinek, MC
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作者:
Haagmans, BL;Egberink, HF;Horzinek, MC
Cats that have succumbed to feline infectious peritonitis, an immune-mediated disease caused by variants of feline coronaviruses, show apoptosis and T-cell depletion in their lymphoid organs. The ascitic fluid that develops in the course of the condition causes apoptosis in vitro but only in activated T cells. Since feline infectious peritonitis virus does not infect T cells, and viral proteins did not inhibit T-cell proliferation, we postulate that soluble mediators released during the infection cause apoptosis and T-cell depletion.