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    Am J Pathol. 2011 Nov;179(5):2370-81. Epub 2011 Sep 15.

    Ineffective CD8(+) T-cell immunity to adeno-associated virus can result in prolonged liver injury and fibrogenesis.

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    David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA. spahnj@wudosis.wustl.edu

    Abstract

    Chronic viral hepatitis depends on the inability of the T-cell immune response to eradicate antigen. This results in a sustained immune response accompanied by tissue injury and fibrogenesis. We have created a mouse model that reproduces these effects, based on the response of CD8(+) T cells to hepatocellular antigen delivered by an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector. Ten thousand antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells undergo slow expansion in the liver and can precipitate a subacute inflammatory hepatitis with stellate cell activation and fibrosis. Over time, antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells show signs of exhaustion, including high expression of PD-1, and eventually both inflammation and fibrosis resolve. This model allows the investigation of both chronic liver immunopathology and its resolution.

    Copyright © 2011 American Society for Investigative Pathology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    PMID:
    21925469
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC3204094
    [Available on 2012/11/1]

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