Publication Date:
1999-08-24
Description:
The early events during infection with an immunodeficiency virus were followed by application of pathogenic simian immunodeficiency virus atraumatically to the tonsils of macaques. Analyses by virologic assays and in situ hybridization revealed that the infection started locally in the tonsils, a mucosal-associated lymphoid organ, and quickly spread to other lymphoid tissues. At day 3, there were few infected cells, but then the number increased rapidly, reaching a high plateau between days 4 and 7. The infection was not detected in the dendritic cell-rich squamous epithelium to which the virus was applied; instead, it was primarily in CD4+ tonsillar T cells, close to the specialized antigen-transporting epithelium of the tonsillar crypts. Transport of the virus and immune-activating stimuli across this epithelium would allow mucosal lymphoid tissue to function in the atraumatic transmission of immunodeficiency viruses.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Stahl-Hennig, C -- Steinman, R M -- Tenner-Racz, K -- Pope, M -- Stolte, N -- Matz-Rensing, K -- Grobschupff, G -- Raschdorff, B -- Hunsmann, G -- Racz, P -- AI 40874/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI 40877/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI 42129/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Aug 20;285(5431):1261-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉German Primate Center, 37077 Gottingen, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10455052" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/virology
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Epithelium/virology
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Female
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In Situ Hybridization
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Leukocytes, Mononuclear/virology
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Lymph Nodes/virology
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Lymphoid Tissue/*virology
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Macaca mulatta
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Male
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Mouth Mucosa/*virology
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Palatine Tonsil/*virology
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Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission/*virology
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Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/*physiology
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Viral Load
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Virus Replication
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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