University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
Title
Circulating levels of soluble MICB in infants with symptomatic primary dengue virus infections
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Publication Date
2014-05-28
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Immunology of Infectious Disease | Immunoprophylaxis and Therapy | Virus Diseases
Abstract
Dengue is the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral illness in humans. A MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B (MICB) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was previously associated with symptomatic dengue compared to non-dengue causes of acute febrile illnesses in infants. We measured circulating levels of soluble (s)MICB in the sera of infants with symptomatic primary dengue virus infections. We found that serum levels of sMICB increased between pre-infection and acute illness among infants with symptomatic primary dengue virus infections. The likelihood of being hospitalized with an acute primary DENV infection during infancy also tended to be higher with increasing acute illness sMICB levels. The elevation of sMICB during acute primary DENV infections in infants likely represents an immune evasion strategy and contributes to the severity of the acute illness.
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DOI of Published Version
10.1371/journal.pone.0098509
Source
PLoS One. 2014 May 28;9(5):e98509. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098509. eCollection 2014. Link to article on publisher's site
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Journal/Book/Conference Title
PloS one
PubMed ID
24869966
Repository Citation
Libraty DH, Zhang L, Obcena A, Brion JD, Capeding RZ. (2014). Circulating levels of soluble MICB in infants with symptomatic primary dengue virus infections. University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098509. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/425
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