古市 好宏
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center), School of Medicine
   Position   Associate Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Oscillating CD8(+) T cell effector functions after antigen recognition in the liver.
Journal Formal name:Immunity
Abbreviation:Immunity
ISSN code:10747613/10747613
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 23(1),pp.53-63
Author and coauthor Isogawa Masanori, Furuichi Yoshihiro, Chisari Francis V
Publication date 2005/07
Summary When hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are adoptively transferred into HBV transgenic mice, they enter the liver, recognize antigen, secrete interferon gamma (IFNgamma), inhibit viral replication, and kill their target cells, causing hepatitis. In the current study, we examined the impact of antigen recognition on the evolution of the activation phenotype, antiviral effector functions, expansion and contraction kinetics, and compartmentalization of the transferred CTLs. The results reveal that noncytolytic and cytolytic effector functions and expansion-contraction kinetics of the CTLs are regulated asynchronously and in an oscillatory manner as a consequence of antigen recognition in the liver and in association with PD-1 upregulation. We suggest that such oscillations maximize viral clearance and minimize tissue injury during HBV infection and that poor coordination of these events could lead to viral persistence and chronic liver disease.
DOI 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.05.005
PMID 16039579