Document 0657 DOCN M9490657 TI HIV and T cell expansion in splenic white pulps is accompanied by infiltration of HIV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. DT 9411 AU Cheynier R; Henrichwark S; Hadida F; Pelletier E; Oksenhendler E; Autran B; Wain-Hobson S; Unite de Retrovirologie Moleculaire Institut Pasteur, Paris,; France. SO Cell. 1994 Aug 12;78(3):373-87. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94340729 AB Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication and T cell proliferation were investigated in situ by a PCR-based analysis of individual microdissected splenic white pulps. Founder effects, revealed by an exquisite compartmentalization of HIV genotypes and T cells, indicated the recruitment of latently infected CD4+ T cells through highly localized antigen presentation rather than the infection of CD4+ T lymphoblasts by blood-borne virus or immune complexes. HIV-infected white pulps could be infiltrated by HIV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, thereby implicating them in CD4+ T cell destruction in vivo. Together these data describe an iterative and deleterious mechanism of antigen-driven T cell recruitment and activation, as well as HIV replication and spread, with consequent destruction of the newly infected cells. DE Amino Acid Sequence Antigen Presentation Base Sequence Cell Movement Comparative Study Human HIV/GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT/*GENETICS HIV Seropositivity/*IMMUNOLOGY Lymphocyte Transformation Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction Proviruses/GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT/GENETICS Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/GENETICS Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Spleen/CYTOLOGY/*IMMUNOLOGY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't T-Lymphocyte Subsets/*IMMUNOLOGY T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/*IMMUNOLOGY T4 Lymphocytes/IMMUNOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).