The majority of freshly sorted Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV)-specific CD8+ T cells cannot suppress viral replication in SIV-infected macrophages

Lara Vojnov, Mauricio A. Martins, Alexander T. Bean, Marlon G.Veloso de Santana, Jonah B. Sacha, Nancy A. Wilson, Myrna C. Bonaldo, Ricardo Galler, Mario Stevenson, David I. Watkins

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Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) primarily infect activated CD4+ T cells but can infect macrophages. Surprisingly, ex vivo tetramer-sorted SIV-specific CD8+ T cells that eliminated and suppressed viral replication in SIV-infected CD4+ T cells failed to do so in SIV-infected macrophages. It is possible, therefore, that while AIDS virus-infected macrophages constitute only a small percentage of all virus-infected cells, they may be relatively resistant to CD8+ T cell-mediated lysis and continue to produce virus over long periods of time.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4682-4687
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of virology
Volume86
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Insect Science
  • Virology

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