HTLV-1 tax specific CD8+ T cells express low levels of Tim-3 in HTLV-1 infection: Implications for progression to neurological complications

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Ndhlovu, Lishomwa C ^a   Leal, Fabio E ^b   Hasenkrug, Aaron M ^a   Jha, Aashish R ^a   Carvalho, Karina I ^b   Eccles James, Ijeoma G ^a   Bruno, Fernanda R ^b   Vieira, Raphaella G S ^a   York, Vanessa A ^a   Chew, Glen M ^a   Jones, R Brad ^c   Tanaka, Yuetsu ^d   Neto, Walter K ^e   Sanabani, Sabri S ^e   Ostrowski, Mario A ^c   Segurado, Aluisio C ^b   Nixon, Douglas F ^a   Kallas, Esper G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^e FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA A ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; T CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND MUCIN DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 3; TAX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HAVCR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TAX PROTEIN, HUMAN T LYMPHOTROPHIC VIRUS 1; TAX PROTEIN, HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPHIC VIRUS 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HTLV 1 ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS;

ADULT; AGED; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC;

EID: 79955863018     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001030     Document Type: Article

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