PMID: 15253272Jul 16, 2004Paper

Subsets of T cells in healthy rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) infected with simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1

Comparative Medicine
Laurie BrignoloN W Lerche

Abstract

Simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) is a C-type retrovirus of nonhuman primates that is genetically and antigenically related to human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1). Infection with STLV-1 has been reported in many species of Old World monkeys and apes, including rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Similar to HTLV infection in humans, STLV infection has been associated with T-cell lymphoproliferative disease or lymphoma in a small proportion of infected animals, predominantly African species. There are conflicting reports of T-cell subset alterations in healthy HTLV-1 carriers. To the authors' knowledge, analysis of T-cell subsets in healthy STLV-1 carrier rhesus macaques has not been reported. Subsets of T cells in peripheral blood from healthy, STLV-1-seropositive rhesus macaques (n = 17) and seronegative controls matched for age and sex (n = 17) were determined by use of fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis. Parameters measured included CD3, CD4, CD8, CD25, CD28, CD38, and HLA-DR cell sets. Significant differences in T-cell subsets or hematologic parameters were not observed between healthy STLV-seropositive and seronegative groups.

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