Gamma Interferon/Interleukin 10 Balance in Tissue Lymphocytes Correlates with Down Modulation of Mucosal Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
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- 15 April 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Virology
- Vol. 78 (8) , 4011-4019
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.78.8.4011-4019.2004
Abstract
Understanding the early cytokine response to lentiviral infections may be critical to the design of prevention and treatment strategies. By using the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) model, we have documented an interleukin 10 (IL10)-dominated response in lymphoid tissue CD4+and CD8+T lymphocytes within the first 4 weeks after mucosal FIV infection. This profile coincided with the period of high tissue viral replication. By 10 weeks postinfection, tissue viral levels decreased significantly, and gamma interferon (IFNγ) production in CD8+T cells had increased to restore the IL10/IFNγ ratio to control levels. Concurrently, increased production of IL6 and viral RNA was detected in macrophages. These temporal associations of viral replication with cytokine balance in tissues suggest roles for IL10 in the permissive stage of infection and IFNγ in the subsequent down modulation of lentiviral infection.Keywords
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