| Literature DB >> 7534204 |
L M Pinchuk1, P S Polacino, M B Agy, S J Klaus, E A Clark.
Abstract
We investigated the role of blood dendritic cells (DCs) in transmission of HIV-1 from infected to uninfected CD4+ T cells, and the accessory molecules involved. DCs promoted transmission from infected to uninfected CD4+ cells, but DCs themselves were not infectable. DC-mediated transmission was blocked by MAb to CD4 and MHC class II, but strongly increased by MAb to CD40 on DCs or CD28 on T cells. The DC-dependent infection was inhibitable by anti-CD80 and a soluble fusion protein of the CD80 ligand, CTLA4; soluble CTLA4 immunoglobulin also blocked infection augmented by cross-linking CD40. These data suggest a linkage between CD40-CD40L and CD28-CD80 counterreceptors on DCs and T cells, and spread of HIV infection in vivo.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7534204 DOI: 10.1016/1074-7613(94)90083-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunity ISSN: 1074-7613 Impact factor: 31.745