Bacterial coinfection restrains antiviral CD8 T-cell response via LPS-induced inhibitory NK cells
Abstract: Infection of specific pathogen-free mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a widely used model to study antiviral T-cell immunity. Infections in the real world, however, are often accompanied by coinfections with unrelated pathogens. Here we show that in mice, systemic coinfection with E. coli suppresses the LCMV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response and virus elimination in a NK cell- and TLR2/4-dependent manner. Soluble TLR4 ligand LPS also induces NK cell-mediated negative CTL regulation during LCMV infection. NK cells in LPS-treated mice suppress clonal expansion of LCMV-specific CTLs by a NKG2D- or NCR1-independent but perforin-dependent mechanism. These results suggest a TLR4-mediated immunoregulatory role of NK cells during viral-bacterial coinfections
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Nature communications. - 9, 1 (2018) , 4117, ISSN: 2041-1723
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Veröffentlichung
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Freiburg
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Universität
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2019
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10.1038/s41467-018-06609-z
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1468992
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Kein Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:50 AM CEST
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- 2019