1997
Variable Immortalizing Potential and Frequent Virus Latency in Blood-Derived T-Cell Clones Infected With Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type I
Richardson JH, Höllsberg P, Windhagen A, Child LA, Hafler DA, Lever A. Variable Immortalizing Potential and Frequent Virus Latency in Blood-Derived T-Cell Clones Infected With Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type I. Blood 1997, 89: 3303-3314. PMID: 9129036, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.9.3303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell clonesHuman T-cell leukemia virus type IVirus type IT cellsSpontaneous proliferationFresh peripheral blood lymphocytesGag p24 productionCD4 T cellsInfected cellsPeripheral blood lymphocytesHTLV-I provirusViral mRNA expressionType IP24 productionVirus-cell interactionsIL-6Virus carriersInterleukin-6Blood lymphocytesHost cell factorsCytokine mRNAVirus latencyVirus-producing clonesHTLVMRNA expression
1995
Differential activation of proliferation and cytotoxicity in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I Tax-specific CD8 T cells by an altered peptide ligand.
Höllsberg P, Weber WE, Dangond F, Batra V, Sette A, Hafler DA. Differential activation of proliferation and cytotoxicity in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I Tax-specific CD8 T cells by an altered peptide ligand. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1995, 92: 4036-4040. PMID: 7732026, PMCID: PMC42097, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.9.4036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesB-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DivisionCell Line, TransformedCytotoxicity, ImmunologicGene Products, taxHerpesvirus 4, HumanHLA-A2 AntigenHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1HumansKineticsLymphocyte ActivationMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPoint MutationThymidineConceptsCD8 T cellsInterleukin-2 secretionT cell receptor contact residuesT cellsReceptor contact residuesCD8 T cell clonesCytotoxic CD8 T cellsMyelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesisT cell-mediated cytotoxicityHAM/TSPTropical spastic paraparesisT cell clonesAltered peptide ligandT cell-mediated cytolysisHuman T-cell leukemia virus type IT cell stimulationVirus type IAnalog peptidesHLA-A2Spastic paraparesisNeurologic diseaseSecondary stimulationSecondary responsePeptide antigensPrimary activation
1992
T-cell activation by autologous human T-cell leukemia virus type I-infected T-cell clones.
Wucherpfennig KW, Höllsberg P, Richardson JH, Benjamin D, Hafler DA. T-cell activation by autologous human T-cell leukemia virus type I-infected T-cell clones. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1992, 89: 2110-2114. PMID: 1549569, PMCID: PMC48606, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.6.2110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntercellular cell adhesion moleculeBlood T cellsT cell clonesT cell activationIL-2 receptorT cellsActivated T cellsHuman T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) carriersSuch activated T cellsHAM/TSP patientsMyelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesisClass II major histocompatibility complex moleculesHAM/TSPChronic inflammatory diseaseExogenous interleukin-2HTLV-I infectionTropical spastic paraparesisMajor histocompatibility complex moleculesHuman T-cell leukemia virus type IVirus type IHistocompatibility complex moleculesCD2/LFATSP patientsSpastic paraparesisSpontaneous proliferation