Ben-Smith, A;
Gorak-Stolinska, P;
Floyd, S;
Weir, RE;
Lalor, MK;
Mvula, H;
Crampin, AC;
... Dockrell, HM; + view all
(2008)
Differences between naive and memory T cell phenotype in Malawian and UK adolescents: a role for Cytomegalovirus?
BMC Infectious Diseases
, 8
, Article 139. 10.1186/1471-2334-8-139.
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Abstract
Background: Differences in degree of environmental exposure to antigens in early life have been hypothesized to lead to differences in immune status in individuals from different populations, which may have implications for immune responses in later years.Methods: Venous blood from HIV-negative adolescents and blood from the umbilical cords of babies, born to HIV-negative women, post-delivery was collected and analysed using flow cytometry. T cell phenotype was determined from peripheral blood lymphocytes and cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositivity was assessed by ELISA in adolescents.Results: HIV-negative Malawian adolescents were shown to have a lower percentage of naive T cells (CD45RO-CD62L(hi)CD11a(lo)), a higher proportion of memory T cells and a higher percentage of CD28(-) memory (CD28(-)CD45RO(+)) T cells compared to age-matched UK adolescents. Malawian adolescents also had a lower percentage of central memory (CD45RA(-)CCR7(+)) T cells and a higher percentage of stable memory (CD45RA(+)CCR7(-)) T cells than UK adolescents. All of the adolescents tested in Malawi were seropositive for CMV (59/59), compared to 21/58 (36%) of UK adolescents. CMV seropositivity in the UK was associated with a reduced percentage of naive T cells and an increased percentage of CD28- memory T cells in the periphery. No differences in the proportions of naive and memory T cell populations were observed in cord blood samples from the two sites.Conclusion: It is likely that these differences between Malawian and UK adolescents reflect a greater natural exposure to various infections, including CMV, in the African environment and may imply differences in the ability of these populations to induce and maintain immunological memory to vaccines and natural infections.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Differences between naive and memory T cell phenotype in Malawian and UK adolescents: a role for Cytomegalovirus? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2334-8-139 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-139 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2008 Ben-Smith et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | ADULT ETHIOPIANS, REPLICATIVE SENESCENCE, ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS, CD28 EXPRESSION, BCG VACCINATION, LYMPHOCYTES, INFECTION, SUBSETS, CD4(+), AGE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1334824 |
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