| Literature DB >> 20495069 |
Santhi Gorantla1, Edward Makarov, Jennifer Finke-Dwyer, Catherine L Gebhart, William Domm, Stephen Dewhurst, Howard E Gendelman, Larisa Y Poluektova.
Abstract
Stable engraftment of human lymphoid tissue in NOD/scid-IL-2Rgammacnull mice after CD34+ hematopoietic stem cell reconstitution permits the evaluation of ongoing HIV-1 infection for weeks to months. We demonstrate that HIV-1-infected rodents develop virus-specific cellular immune responses. CD8+ cell depletion, 2 or 5-7 wk after viral infection, resulted in a significant increase of HIV-1 load, robust immune cell activation, and cytopathology in lymphoid tissues but preserved CD4/CD8 double-positive thymic T cell pools. Human CD8+ cells reappeared in circulation as early as 2-3 wk. These data support a role of CD8+ cells in viral surveillance and the relevance of this humanized mouse model for the studies of HIV-1 pathobiology and virus-specific immunity.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20495069 PMCID: PMC3008566 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000438
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immunol ISSN: 0022-1767 Impact factor: 5.422