PMID- 15784184 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050719 LR - 20220408 IS - 1286-4579 (Print) IS - 1769-714X (Electronic) IS - 1286-4579 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 3 DP - 2005 Mar TI - Th2 predominance and CD8+ memory T cell depletion in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome. PG - 427-36 AB - The immune spectrum of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is poorly understood. To define the dynamics of the immune spectrum in SARS, serum levels of cytokines, chemokines, immunoglobulins, complement and specific antibodies against SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and phenotypes of peripheral lymphocytes were analyzed by flow cytometry in 95 SARS-infected patients. Results showed that interleukin (IL)-10 and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) were continuously up-regulated during the entirety of SARS. Regulated on activation normally T cell-expressed and secreted (RANTES) levels were decreased, while monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) was elevated in acute patients. Immunoglobulins and complement were elevated during the first month of SARS. Both serum-positive rates and titers of specific IgM and IgG antibodies responding to SARS-CoV peaked at days 41-60 from the onset of SARS. CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes decreased significantly in acute-phase. CD3+CD8+CD45RO+ T lymphocytes were decreased by 36.78% in the convalescent patients. CONCLUSION: SARS-CoV seemed to elicit effective humoral immunity but inhibited cellular immunity, especially CD8+ memory T lymphocytes over time. Prolonged overproduction of IL-10 and TGF-beta may play an important role in the disease. FAU - Huang, Jia-Ling AU - Huang JL AD - Cancer Institute, Cancer Center and World Health Organization (WHO) Cooperative Cancer Research Center, Cancer Center of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China. FAU - Huang, Jian AU - Huang J FAU - Duan, Zhao-Hui AU - Duan ZH FAU - Wei, Jing AU - Wei J FAU - Min, Jun AU - Min J FAU - Luo, Xiao-Hong AU - Luo XH FAU - Li, Jian-Guo AU - Li JG FAU - Tan, Wei-Ping AU - Tan WP FAU - Wu, Li-Zhi AU - Wu LZ FAU - Liu, Ran-Yi AU - Liu RY FAU - Li, Yan AU - Li Y FAU - Shao, Jing AU - Shao J FAU - Huang, Bi-Jun AU - Huang BJ FAU - Zeng, Yi-Xin AU - Zeng YX FAU - Huang, Wenlin AU - Huang W LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20050224 PL - France TA - Microbes Infect JT - Microbes and infection JID - 100883508 RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-10/immunology/physiology MH - Male MH - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/*immunology MH - Th2 Cells/*immunology MH - Time Factors MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/immunology/physiology PMC - PMC7110803 EDAT- 2005/03/24 09:00 MHDA- 2005/07/20 09:00 PMCR- 2005/02/24 CRDT- 2005/03/24 09:00 PHST- 2004/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/11/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/11/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/03/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/07/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/03/24 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2005/02/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1286-4579(05)00030-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.11.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Microbes Infect. 2005 Mar;7(3):427-36. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.11.017. Epub 2005 Feb 24.