title: Characterization of cytotoxic cells from reovirus-infected SCID mice: activated cells express natural killer- and lymphokine-activated killer-like activity but fail to clear infection.
abstract: Severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mice infected orally with reovirus type 1/L die of hepatitis. Leukocytes bearing the cell surface antigens Thy-1.2 and asialoGM-1 (AsGM1) accumulate in the livers of infected animals. These cells display lytic activity toward natural killer-sensitive (YAC-1) and -resistant (P815) cell lines and murine hepatoma line Hepa 1/A1. Although these cells have the capacity to lyse infected hepatoma targets, they cannot clear the virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taterka
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cebra
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D015979:Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated / Q000276:immunology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016513:Mice, SCID; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology*