SUPERANTIGENS AND RETROVIRAL INFECTION - INSIGHTS FROM MOUSE MAMMARY-TUMOR VIRUS

被引:86
作者
HELD, W
ACHAORBEA, H
MACDONALD, HR
WAANDERS, GA
机构
[1] Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch
来源
IMMUNOLOGY TODAY | 1994年 / 15卷 / 04期
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10.1016/0167-5699(94)90317-4
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Superantigens induce a vigorous immune response by stimulating T cell's that express particular T-cell receptor Vbeta chains. Mouse mammary tumor virus is a milk-transmitted retrovirus that encodes such a superantigen. Paradoxically, as discussed by Werner Held and colleagues, the strong superantigen-induced immune response permits the survival of the virus via T-cell dependent clonal expansion of infected B cells.
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