title: Antibodies from patients with dengue viral infection mediate cellular cytotoxicity.
abstract: Acute and late convalescent sera (collected at day 5 of disease onset and 1 year later) from dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS) laboratory confirmed cases, were tested for antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity using dengue 1 (DENV-1) or dengue 2 (DENV-2) infected cells as target. All patients experienced their first dengue virus (DENV) infection 20 years before. ADCC activity was detected in acute sera from DHF/DSS but not in sera from DF patients. However, 1 year after illness, ADCC activity was observed in all cases. This preliminary report represents one of the few studies of ADCC in dengue patients and suggests that ADCC could be implicated in dengue pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and its Vector, Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute, Autopista Novia del Mediodía, Km 6. P.O. Box Marianao 13, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arango
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fonte
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sierra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Roche
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fiterre
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Guzmán
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D003715:Dengue / Q000276:immunology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral