Molecular analysis of HTLV-I proviral integration and T cell receptor arrangement indicates that T cells in tropical spastic paraparesis are polyclonal

J Infect Dis. 1989 Apr;159(4):741-4. doi: 10.1093/infdis/159.4.741.

Authors

S J Greenberg¹, S Jacobson, T A Waldmann, D E McFarlin

Affiliation

¹ Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

PMID: 2538520
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/159.4.741

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Blotting, Southern
DNA, Viral / analysis
Female
Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / genetics*
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / immunology
Humans
Male
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / immunology*
Proviruses / genetics*
Proviruses / immunology
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / genetics*
Restriction Mapping
T-Lymphocytes / immunology*

Substances

DNA, Viral
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell