Title |
Cytokine-Mediated Loss of Blood Dendritic Cells During Epstein-Barr Virus–Associated Acute Infectious Mononucleosis: Implication for Immune Dysregulation
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Published in |
Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 2015
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DOI | 10.1093/infdis/jiv340 |
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Authors |
Archana Panikkar, Corey Smith, Andrew Hislop, Nick Tellam, Vijayendra Dasari, Kristin A. Hogquist, Michelle Wykes, Denis J. Moss, Alan Rickinson, Henry H. Balfour, Rajiv Khanna |
Abstract |
Acute infectious mononucleosis (IM) is associated with altered expression of inflammatory cytokines and disturbed T cell homeostasis, however, the precise mechanism of this immune dysregulation remains unresolved. Here we show that a significant loss of circulating myeloid and plasmacytoid DCs is observed during acute IM and this loss correlated with the severity of clinical symptoms. Interestingly, in vitro exposure of blood DCs to acute IM plasma resulted in loss of pDCs and further studies with individual cytokines showed that IL-10 exposure could replicate this effect. Our data provides important mechanistic insight on dysregulated immune homeostasis during acute IM. |
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