Kinetics of Primary and Memory Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses to Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection: Granzyme B Mediated CTL Activity

kinetics of primary and memory cytotoxic t lymphocyte responses to herpes simplex virus 1 infection: granzyme b mediated ctl activity

background: herpes simplex virus type 1 is one of the most common viruses among human population. studies demonstrate the essential role of cell mediated immunity, especially cd8+ t cells, in prevention and clearance of hsv1. objective: it is of great importance to improve our knowledge about the kinetics of ctl responses to primary and secondary hsv-1 infection. methods: using a sensitive tech...

Recovery from lethal herpes simplex virus type 1 infection is mediated by cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

The ability of herpes simplex virus (HSV)-specific, cytotoxic T lymphocytes to mediate recovery of mice lethally infected with HSV was examined. Adoptive transfer of splenocytes from mice that had been primed in vivo with HSV and restimulated with HSV in vitro protected lethally infected normal and cyclophosphamide-immunosuppressed mice from death. In contrast, equal numbers of normal splenocyt...

Herpes simplex virus type 1 renders infected cells resistant to cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-induced apoptosis.

Many viruses interfere with apoptosis of infected cells, presumably preventing cellular apoptosis as a direct response to viral infection. Since cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) induce apoptosis of infected cells as part of the "lethal hit," inhibition of apoptosis could represent an effective immune evasion strategy. We report here herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) interference with CTL-induced...

Prevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus type-1, 2 and Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) in Eye Infection

Abstract Background and Aims: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common cause of corneal disease and is the leading infectious cause of corneal blindness among developed nations. This study is aimed to provide an estimation of the incidence of Herpes Simplex Virustype-1, 2(HSV1, 2) and Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) in tears and swab from eye infection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in eye ...

Human memory cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses to Hantaan virus infection: identification of virus-specific and cross-reactive CD8(+) CTL epitopes on nucleocapsid protein.

Hantaan virus, the prototypic member of the Hantavirus genus, causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in humans. We examined the human memory T-lymphocyte responses of three donors who had previous laboratory-acquired infections with Hantaan virus. We demonstrated virus-specific responses in bulk cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from all donors. Bulk T-cell responses w...

Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Cross - Presentation to CTL Immunity against