Macaques with rapid disease progression and simian immunodeficiency virus encephalitis have a unique cytokine profile in peripheral lymphoid tissues
Macaques with rapid disease progression and simian immunodeficiency virus encephalitis have a unique cytokine profile in peripheral lymphoid tissues
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.75.9.4448-4452.2001
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发表时间:
2001-05-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Lackner, AA
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作者:
Orandle, AS;Williams, KC;Lackner, AA
The influence of host cytokine response on viral load, disease progression, and neurologic lesions was investigated in the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected macaque model of AIDS. Cytokine gene expression (interleukin-1 beta [IL-1 beta], IL 2, IL-6, IL-10, gamma interferon [IFN-gamma], and tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-alpha]) and viral Loads were evaluated by semiquantitative reverse transcription-PCR in lymph nodes of 5 control animals and 28 animals infected with SIVmac251 at the terminal stages of AIDS. Infected animals showed higher expression of IFN-gamma, IL-6, and IL-10 mRNAs compared with controls. Levels of all cytokines were comparable between animals with rapid (survival, < 200 days) or slow/normal (survival, > 200 days) disease progression. However, among rapid progressors, the eight animals with SN encephalitis had a unique cytokine profile (increased IL-2, IL-6, and IFN-gamma) that was associated with higher viral loads. These observations provide evidence that host cytokine responses may influence SIV neuropathogenesis independent of disease progression.