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The regulation of burn-associated infections with herpes simplex virus type 1 or Candida....
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Immunology & Cell Biology . Jun1998, Vol. 76 Issue 3, p209-216. 8p. 1 Diagram, 5 Charts, 4 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- In the accompanying paper, the resistance to infections with HSV type 1 (HSV-1) and Candida albicans was improved in thermally injured mice treated with benzoylmesaconine (BEN), an aconitine-hydrolysate isolated from heated Aconiti tuber, or inoculated with splenic CD4+ T cells from BEN-treated mice (BEN T cells). In this paper, therefore, the antiviral mechanism of BEN T cells (or BEN) on the improved resistance of burned mice to the HSV-1 infection was studied. Burn-associated CD8+ CD11b+ TCRγ/δ+ type-2 T cells have been shown to be a key on the increased susceptibility of thermally injured mice to infection with HSV-1 or C. albicans. The susceptibility of T6S-mice, mice inoculated with 1 × 106 cells/mouse of T6S cells (a clone of burn-associated type-2 T cells), to HSV-1 infection was similar to that of thermally injured mice. The adoptive transfer of BEN T cells to T6S-mice restores their impaired resistance to HSV-1 infection. The type-2 cytokine levels in sera of T6S-mice were decreased after inoculation of BEN T cells. BEN T cells inhibited the type-2 cytokine production by T6S cells when they were cocultured in vitro. BEN T cells, characterized as CD4+ CD28+ TCRα/β+ Vicia villosa (VV) lectin-adherent T cells, showed non-specific ability to inhibit the cytokine production by various type-2 T cells. From the results of the cytokine-producing profile, BEN T cells were shown to be a different subset of CD4+ T cells from Th1 and Th2 cells, although these three CD4+ T cells had similar properties phenotypically. BEN T cells were induced in normal mice 1–4 days after the oral treatment of BEN (1 μg/kg or more). These results suggest that, through the induction of antagonistic CD4+ T cells against burn-associated type-2 T cells, BEN may improve the resistance of T6S-mice (or thermally injured mice) to the... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *T cells
*HERPES simplex virus
*CYTOKINES
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08189641
- Volume :
- 76
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Immunology & Cell Biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6027292
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1711.1998.00736.x