Abnormally high levels of virus-infected IFN-γ +CCR4+CD4+CD25+ T cells in a retrovirus-associated neuroinflammatory disorder

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Yamano, Yoshihisa ^a   Araya, Natsumi ^a   Sato, Tomoo ^a   Utsunomiya, Atae ^b   Azakami, Kazuko ^a   Hasegawa, Daisuke ^a   Izumi, Toshihiko ^a   Fujita, Hidetoshi ^a   Aratani, Satoko ^a   Yagishita, Naoko ^a   Fujii, Ryoji ^a   Nishioka, Kusuki ^a   Jacobson, Steven ^c   Nakajima, Toshihiro ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IMAMURA BUN IN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

ANTIGENS, CD4; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKIN-4; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECEPTORS, CCR4; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 68349144374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006517     Document Type: Article

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