HTLV-1-infected T cells contain a single integrated provirus in natural infection
HTLV-1-infected T cells contain a single integrated provirus in natural infection
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2012-07-445593
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发表时间:
2012-10-25
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Bangham, Charles R. M.
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作者:
Cook, Lucy B.;Rowan, Aileen G.;Bangham, Charles R. M.
Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) appears to persist in the chronic phase of infection by driving oligoclonal proliferation of infected T cells. Our recent high-throughput sequencing study revealed a large number (often > 10(4)) of distinct proviral integration sites of HTLV-1 in each host that is greatly in excess of previous estimates. Here we use the highly sensitive, quantitative high-throughput sequencing protocol to show that circulating HTLV-1(+) clones in natural infection each contain a single integrated proviral copy. We conclude that a typical host possesses a large number of distinct HTLV-1-infected T-cell clones. (Blood. 2012;120(17):3488-3490)