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Defects in immune surveillance mechanisms may allow increased replication of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). To explore this possibility, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) against HTLV-I infected cells in HAM/TSP and in asymptomatic HTLV-I-seropositive carriers (SPC), was studied. ADCC activity was significantly depressed in HAM/TSP compared to SPC subjects (p < 0.025) and was due to specific reduction in ADCC effector activity. On the other hand, there was no difference in antibody component of anti-HTLV-I ADCC (ADCC-Ab) activities between HAM/TSP and SPC, although patients with more severe forms of disease tended to have higher anti-HTLV-I ADCC-Ab activity. In HAM/TSP, depressed ADCC activity against HTLV-I due to reduced ADCC-effector activity may allow increased replication of HTLV-I which may implicate the development of inflammatory neuropathologic lesions of HAM/TSP.
本文言語 | English |
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ページ(範囲) | 65-69 |
ページ数 | 5 |
ジャーナル | Journal of the neurological sciences |
巻 | 142 |
号 | 1-2 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 1996 10 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology