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Defective natural killer cell anti-viral capacity in paediatric HBV infection

Heiberg, IL; Pallett, LJ; Winther, TN; Høgh, B; Maini, MK; Peppa, D; (2015) Defective natural killer cell anti-viral capacity in paediatric HBV infection. Clin Exp Immunol , 179 (3) 466 - 476. 10.1111/cei.12470. Green open access

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Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells exhibit dysregulated effector function in adult chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (CHB), which may contribute to virus persistence. The role of NK cells in children infected perinatally with HBV is less studied. Access to a unique cohort enabled the cross-sectional evaluation of NK cell frequency, phenotype and function in HBV-infected children relative to uninfected children. We observed a selective defect in NK cell interferon (IFN)-γ production, with conserved cytolytic function, mirroring the functional dichotomy observed in adult infection. Reduced expression of NKp30 on NK cells suggests a role of impaired NK-dendritic cell (DC) cellular interactions as a potential mechanism leading to reduced IFN-γ production. The finding that NK cells are already defective in paediatric CHB, albeit less extensively than in adult CHB, has potential implications for the timing of anti-viral therapy aiming to restore immune control.

Type: Article
Title: Defective natural killer cell anti-viral capacity in paediatric HBV infection
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/cei.12470
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cei.12470
Language: English
Additional information: © 2014 The Authors. Clinical & Experimental Immunology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Society for Immunology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: IFN-γ, NK cells, NKp30, anti-viral function, paediatric HBV infection
UCL classification: UCL
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 Medical Sciences > Div of Infection and Immunity
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1453097
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