title: Virus-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH). Cells mediating lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-specific DTH reaction in mice.
abstract: We had previously shown that the local lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-induced delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction in mice consists of two well delineated phases that are mediated by CD8+ and CD4+ T lymphocytes, respectively. These findings have been confirmed and extended by showing that the first CD8+ cell-dependent part of the response was enhanced by either the presence of CD4+ cells or systemic treatment with IL-2 and that it developed in the absence of detectable numbers of mononuclear phagocytes, whereas the later CD4+ cell part required monocytes or related elements. Furthermore, in the DTH reaction that was elicited with noninfectious viral Ag in mice previously immunized by infection, only the CD4+ cells participated. Thus, the two phases of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis-viral DTH reaction are principally different, which has to be taken into account when trying to assess the relevance of DTH during this virus infection.
authors.affiliation: Heinrich-Pette-Institut für Experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moskophidis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gossmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Drjupin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Löhler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruns
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lehmann-Grube
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology*; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000276:immunology*; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000276:immunology*; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D051379:Mice; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D007376:Interleukin-2