Heterogeneity of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell Responses to Cytomegalovirus in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Men Who Have Sex With Men

H Li, JB Margolick, JH Bream, TL Nilles… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
H Li, JB Margolick, JH Bream, TL Nilles, S Langan, HT Bui, AW Sylwester, LJ Picker
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2014academic.oup.com
Studies of T-cell immunity to human cytomegalovirus (CMV) primarily reflect anti-CMV pp65
or immediate early antigen 1 (IE-1) activity. We assessed responses of T cells from human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–negative and HIV-infected men to peptide pools spanning 19
CMV open reading frames selected because they previously correlated with total CMV-
specific T-cell responses in healthy donors. Cells producing cytokines in response to pp65
or IE-1 together composed< 12% and< 40% of the total CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses to …
Abstract
Studies of T-cell immunity to human cytomegalovirus (CMV) primarily reflect anti-CMV pp65 or immediate early antigen 1 (IE-1) activity. We assessed responses of T cells from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–negative and HIV-infected men to peptide pools spanning 19 CMV open reading frames selected because they previously correlated with total CMV-specific T-cell responses in healthy donors. Cells producing cytokines in response to pp65 or IE-1 together composed <12% and <40% of the total CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses to CMV, respectively. These proportions were generally similar regardless of HIV serostatus. Thus, analyses of total CMV-specific T-cell responses should extend beyond pp65 and IE-1 regardless of HIV serostatus.
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