In:
Journal of Virology, American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 76, No. 23 ( 2002-12), p. 12242-12249
Kurzfassung:
Dengue virus (DV) replication, antibody-enhanced viral infection, and cytokine responses of human primary B lymphocytes (cells) were characterized and compared with those of monocytes. The presence of a replication template (negative-strand RNA intermediate), viral antigens including core and nonstructural proteins, and increasing amounts of virus with time postinfection indicated that DV actively replicated in B cells. Virus infection also induced B cells to produce interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha, which have been previously implicated in virus pathogenesis. In addition, a heterologous antibody was able to enhance both virus and cytokine production in B cells. Furthermore, the levels of virus replication, antibody-enhanced virus replication, and cytokine responses observed in B cells were not statistically different from those in monocytes. These results suggest that B cells may play an important role in DV pathogenesis.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0022-538X
,
1098-5514
DOI:
10.1128/JVI.76.23.12242-12249.2002
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
American Society for Microbiology
Publikationsdatum:
2002
ZDB Id:
1495529-5
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