CD28 interaction with B7 molecules, expressed on the membranes of antigen-presenting cells, co-stimulates cytokine production, T-cell proliferation and generation of cytotoxic lymphocytes. The expression of CD28 markers on CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes was studied in a group of subjects at various stages of HIV infection. A reduction in the percentage of CD28-bearing CD4+ and CD8+ cell subsets was observed during the asymptomatic stage of the disease. This reduction was more pronounced in AIDS than in non-AIDS patients. At the same time, an increase in the absolute CD8+CD28- cell number (greater in stage A than in stage B and C subjects) was observed in HIV-infected patients. The finding of an altered pattern of CD28 expression on T cells might per se explain certain early defects in the cytokine pattern and in the immune response peculiar to HIV-infected patients.
Expression of CD28 on CD8+ and CD4+ lymphocytes during HIV infection / A. Caruso, A. Cantalamessa, S. Licenziati, L. Peroni, E. Prati, F. Martinelli, A. D. Canaris, S. Folghera, R. Gorla, A. Balsari. - In: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0300-9475. - 40:5(1994 Nov), pp. 485-90-490.
Expression of CD28 on CD8+ and CD4+ lymphocytes during HIV infection
A. BalsariUltimo
1994
Abstract
CD28 interaction with B7 molecules, expressed on the membranes of antigen-presenting cells, co-stimulates cytokine production, T-cell proliferation and generation of cytotoxic lymphocytes. The expression of CD28 markers on CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes was studied in a group of subjects at various stages of HIV infection. A reduction in the percentage of CD28-bearing CD4+ and CD8+ cell subsets was observed during the asymptomatic stage of the disease. This reduction was more pronounced in AIDS than in non-AIDS patients. At the same time, an increase in the absolute CD8+CD28- cell number (greater in stage A than in stage B and C subjects) was observed in HIV-infected patients. The finding of an altered pattern of CD28 expression on T cells might per se explain certain early defects in the cytokine pattern and in the immune response peculiar to HIV-infected patients.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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