Maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated CD8 T-cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian infants.

<h4>Background</h4>In a previously published study, we found that large differentiated subpopulations of CD8 T-cells emerged rapidly after CMV infection in young infants and persisted throughout the following year. Here we describe a follow-up study conducted on the same infants to estab...

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Main Authors: David J C Miles, Marianne van der Sande, David Jeffries, Steve Kaye, Olubukola Ojuola, Mariama Sanneh, Momodou Cox, Melba S Palmero, Ebrima S Touray, Pauline Waight, Sarah Rowland-Jones, Hilton Whittle, Arnaud Marchant
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-08-01
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author David J C Miles
Marianne van der Sande
David Jeffries
Steve Kaye
Olubukola Ojuola
Mariama Sanneh
Momodou Cox
Melba S Palmero
Ebrima S Touray
Pauline Waight
Sarah Rowland-Jones
Hilton Whittle
Arnaud Marchant
author_facet David J C Miles
Marianne van der Sande
David Jeffries
Steve Kaye
Olubukola Ojuola
Mariama Sanneh
Momodou Cox
Melba S Palmero
Ebrima S Touray
Pauline Waight
Sarah Rowland-Jones
Hilton Whittle
Arnaud Marchant
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description <h4>Background</h4>In a previously published study, we found that large differentiated subpopulations of CD8 T-cells emerged rapidly after CMV infection in young infants and persisted throughout the following year. Here we describe a follow-up study conducted on the same infants to establish whether the differentiated subpopulations continued through the second year post-infection.<h4>Methodology / principal findings</h4>CMV-specific cells identified using tetramers remained more activated and differentiated than the overall CD8 population. The large subpopulation of differentiated cytotoxic (CD28(-)CD62L(-)Bcl-2(low)CD95(+)perforin(+)) cells that emerged rapidly after infection remained stable after two years. No similar subpopulation was found in CMV-uninfected infants indicating that two years after infection, CMV remained a major factor in driving CD8 T-cell differentiation. Although markers of activation (CD45R0 and HLA-D) declined throughout the first year, HLA-D expression continued to decline during the second year and CD45R0 expression increased slightly. The age-related increase in IFNgamma response observed during the first year continued but was non-significant during the second year, indicating that the rate of functional improvement had slowed substantially. CONCLUSIONS / SIGNIFICANCE: The large differentiated subpopulations of CD8 T-cells that had emerged immediately after CMV infection persisted through the second year post-infection, while levels of activation and functional capacity remained fairly constant.
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spelling doaj-art-94e1dbf0e3ac4e15baea18b47e1aca422025-08-20T03:22:37ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032008-08-0138e290510.1371/journal.pone.0002905Maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated CD8 T-cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian infants.David J C MilesMarianne van der SandeDavid JeffriesSteve KayeOlubukola OjuolaMariama SannehMomodou CoxMelba S PalmeroEbrima S TourayPauline WaightSarah Rowland-JonesHilton WhittleArnaud Marchant<h4>Background</h4>In a previously published study, we found that large differentiated subpopulations of CD8 T-cells emerged rapidly after CMV infection in young infants and persisted throughout the following year. Here we describe a follow-up study conducted on the same infants to establish whether the differentiated subpopulations continued through the second year post-infection.<h4>Methodology / principal findings</h4>CMV-specific cells identified using tetramers remained more activated and differentiated than the overall CD8 population. The large subpopulation of differentiated cytotoxic (CD28(-)CD62L(-)Bcl-2(low)CD95(+)perforin(+)) cells that emerged rapidly after infection remained stable after two years. No similar subpopulation was found in CMV-uninfected infants indicating that two years after infection, CMV remained a major factor in driving CD8 T-cell differentiation. Although markers of activation (CD45R0 and HLA-D) declined throughout the first year, HLA-D expression continued to decline during the second year and CD45R0 expression increased slightly. The age-related increase in IFNgamma response observed during the first year continued but was non-significant during the second year, indicating that the rate of functional improvement had slowed substantially. CONCLUSIONS / SIGNIFICANCE: The large differentiated subpopulations of CD8 T-cells that had emerged immediately after CMV infection persisted through the second year post-infection, while levels of activation and functional capacity remained fairly constant.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0002905&type=printable
spellingShingle David J C Miles
Marianne van der Sande
David Jeffries
Steve Kaye
Olubukola Ojuola
Mariama Sanneh
Momodou Cox
Melba S Palmero
Ebrima S Touray
Pauline Waight
Sarah Rowland-Jones
Hilton Whittle
Arnaud Marchant
Maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated CD8 T-cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian infants.
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title Maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated CD8 T-cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian infants.
title_full Maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated CD8 T-cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian infants.
title_fullStr Maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated CD8 T-cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian infants.
title_full_unstemmed Maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated CD8 T-cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian infants.
title_short Maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated CD8 T-cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian infants.
title_sort maintenance of large subpopulations of differentiated cd8 t cells two years after cytomegalovirus infection in gambian infants
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0002905&type=printable
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