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J Infect Dis ; 205(1): 20-7, 2012 Jan 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22080094

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BACKGROUND: Most reported human H5N1 viral infections have been severe and were detected after hospital admission. A case ascertainment bias may therefore exist, with mild cases or asymptomatic infections going undetected. We sought evidence of mild or asymptomatic H5N1 infection by examining H5N1-specific T-cell and antibody responses in a high-risk cohort in Vietnam. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were tested using interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunospot T assays measuring the response to peptides of influenza H5, H3, and H1 hemagglutinin (HA), N1 and N2 neuraminidase, and the internal proteins of H3N2. Horse erythrocyte hemagglutination inhibition assay was performed to detect antibodies against H5N1. RESULTS: Twenty-four of 747 individuals demonstrated H5-specific T-cell responses but little or no cross-reactivity with H3 or H1 HA peptides. H5N1 peptide-specific T-cell lines that did not cross-react with H1 or H3 influenza virus HA peptides were generated. Four individuals also had antibodies against H5N1. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first report of ex vivo H5 HA-specific T-cell responses in a healthy but H5N1-exposed population. Our results indicate that the presence of H5N1-specific T cells could be an additional diagnostic tool for asymptomatic H5N1 infection.


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Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Infecções Assintomáticas , Glicoproteínas de Hemaglutininação de Vírus da Influenza/imunologia , Virus da Influenza A Subtipo H5N1/imunologia , Influenza Humana/diagnóstico , Linfócitos T/fisiologia , Estudos de Coortes , ELISPOT , Humanos , Influenza Humana/epidemiologia , Influenza Humana/imunologia , Estudos Soroepidemiológicos , Vietnã/epidemiologia
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J Clin Invest ; 118(10): 3478-90, 2008 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18802496

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The threat of avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans remains a global health concern. Current influenza vaccines stimulate antibody responses against the surface glycoproteins but are ineffective against strains that have undergone significant antigenic variation. An alternative approach is to stimulate pre-existing memory T cells established by seasonal human influenza A infection that could cross-react with H5N1 by targeting highly conserved internal proteins. To determine how common cross-reactive T cells are, we performed a comprehensive ex vivo analysis of cross-reactive CD4+ and CD8+ memory T cell responses to overlapping peptides spanning the full proteome of influenza A/Viet Nam/CL26/2005 (H5N1) and influenza A/New York/232/2004 (H3N2) in healthy individuals from the United Kingdom and Viet Nam. Memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells isolated from the majority of participants exhibited human influenza-specific responses and showed cross-recognition of at least one H5N1 internal protein. Participant CD4+ and CD8+ T cells recognized multiple synthesized influenza peptides, including peptides from the H5N1 strain. Matrix protein 1 (M1) and nucleoprotein (NP) were the immunodominant targets of cross-recognition. In addition, cross-reactive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells recognized target cells infected with recombinant vaccinia viruses expressing either H5N1 M1 or NP. Thus, vaccine formulas inducing heterosubtypic T cell-mediated immunity may confer broad protection against avian and human influenza A viruses.


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Memória Imunológica/imunologia , Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H3N2/imunologia , Virus da Influenza A Subtipo H5N1/imunologia , Influenza Humana/imunologia , Influenza Humana/virologia , Estações do Ano , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Adulto , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Reações Cruzadas/imunologia , Epitopos de Linfócito T/imunologia , Saúde , Humanos , Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H3N2/genética , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nucleoproteínas/imunologia , Proteoma , Reino Unido , Vaccinia virus/genética , Vaccinia virus/imunologia , Vietnã , Proteínas da Matriz Viral/imunologia
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