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Negative Checkpoint Regulatory Molecule 2B4 (CD244) Upregulation Is Associated with Invariant Natural Killer T Cell Alterations and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Progression

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Title
Negative Checkpoint Regulatory Molecule 2B4 (CD244) Upregulation Is Associated with Invariant Natural Killer T Cell Alterations and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Progression
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Frontiers in immunology, March 2017
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00338
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Fareed Ahmad, Esaki M. Shankar, Yean K. Yong, Hong Y. Tan, Gerrit Ahrenstorf, Roland Jacobs, Marie Larsson, Reinhold E. Schmidt, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Abdul W. Ansari

Abstract

The CD1d-restricted invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are implicated in innate immune responses against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, the determinants of cellular dysfunction across the iNKT cells subsets are seldom defined in HIV disease. Herein, we provide evidence for the involvement of the negative checkpoint regulator (NCR) 2B4 in iNKT cell alteration in a well-defined cohort of HIV-seropositive anti-retroviral therapy (ART) naïve, ART-treated, and elite controllers (ECs). We report on exaggerated 2B4 expression on iNKT cells of HIV-infected treatment-naïve individuals. In sharp contrast to CD4(-)iNKT cells, 2B4 expression was significantly higher on CD4(+) iNKT cell subset. Notably, an increased level of 2B4 on iNKT cells was strongly correlated with parameters associated with HIV disease progression. Further, iNKT cells from ART-naïve individuals were defective in their ability to produce intracellular IFN-γ. Together, our results suggest that the levels of 2B4 expression and the downstream co-inhibitory signaling events may contribute to impaired iNKT cell responses.

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Unknown 22 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 23%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 9%
Student > Master 2 9%
Professor 2 9%
Student > Bachelor 1 5%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 7 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Immunology and Microbiology 8 36%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 5%
Neuroscience 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 10 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 April 2017.
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#15,742,933
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#15,386
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#289
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