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Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
The interplay of different inflammatory cytokines induced during a dengue (DEN) virus infection plays a role in either protection or increased disease severity. We measured the frequencies and characterized the cytokine responses of DEN virus-specific memory CD4+ T cells in PBMC of six volunteers who received experimental live attenuated monovalent DEN vaccines. IFN-
and TNF-
responses to inactivated DEN Ags were detected in up to 0.54 and 1.17% of total circulating CD4+ T cells, respectively. Ags from the homologous serotype elicited the highest IFN- response. The ratio of TNF-- to IFN--producing CD4+ T cells was higher after stimulation with Ags from heterologous DEN serotypes. Peptide-specific CD4+ T cell frequencies of up to 0.089% were detected by direct staining using HLA class II tetramers. IFN- and TNF- responses to individual HLA class II-restricted peptide epitopes were detected in up to 0.05 and 0.27% of CD4+ T cells, respectively. Peptide sequences from the homologous serotype elicited a variety of cytokine response patterns. TNF-- to IFN--positive CD4+ T cell ratios varied between peptides, but the ratio of the sum of responses was highest against heterologous serotypes. These results demonstrate epitope sequence-specific differences in T cell effector function. These patterns of effector responses may play a role in the immunopathogenesis of DEN hemorrhagic fever.
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