Abstract
The cellularity of the mediastinal lymph nodes of mice infected intranasally with a high dose of an H3N2 influenza A virus increases massively within 5 days. All classes of lymphocytes are involved. A similar, but much smaller, expansion in cell numbers occurs after exposure to a comparable dilution of normal chick allantoic fluid. In the control group, this increase in lymph node size is totally prevented by the in vivo depletion of CD4+ T cells whereas there is only a 50% reduction in the virus-infected mice. The lymphocyte component of the cellular exudate in the lungs of infected mice is dominated by activated, CD8+ T cells, which are also prevalent in the mediastinal lymph nodes. Elimination of the CD4+ subset does not greatly diminish the severity of this inflammatory process. The CD4-depleted mice clear the virus from the lung, and there is little effect on the frequency of virus-specific, cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursors in either the lymph node or the lung. Substantial involvement of CD4+ T cells is not essential for the development of effective cell-mediated immunity in mice with influenza.
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