Anti-CD8 treatment alters interleukin-4 but not interferon-γ mRNA levels in murine sensory ganglia during herpes simplex virus infection

1 November 1999

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in Archiv für die gesamte Virusforschung

Vol. 144 (11) , 2229-2238
https://doi.org/10.1007/s007050050637

Abstract

Clearance of herpes simplex virus (HSV) from sensory ganglia of infected mice is dependent on CD8(+) cells but not on the death of infected neurons. The mechanism of action of CD8(+) cells in HSV infected ganglia is therefore unknown. The determine which cytokines might be involved in the CD8(+) cell dependent response to ganglionic HSV infection, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, and IFN-gamma mRNA levels were measured in infected ganglia from immunocompetent and anti-CD8 treated mice. Anti-CD8 treatment increased the abundance of mRNA encoding IL-4, and, to a lesser extent, IL-2, and IL-6. Significantly, IFN-gamma mRNA was not affected.

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