Article
Enhanced establishment of a virus carrier state in adult CD4+ T-cell-deficient mice.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 1994
Battegay M, Moskophidis D, Rahemtulla A, Hengartner H, Mak T W, Zinkernagel R M
Abstract excerpt
CD4+ T cells play an important role in regulating the immune response; their contribution to virus clearance is variable. Mice that lack CD4+ T cells (CD4-/- mice) and are therefore unable to produce neutralizing antibodies cleared viscero-lymphotropic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) strain WE when infected intravenously with a low dose (2 x 10(2) PFU) because of an effective CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell (CTL)...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Carrier State
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mutation
- Neutralization Tests
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
