Differential induction of T cell cytokine mRNA in Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B cell clones: constitutive and inducible expression of interleukin-4 mRNA

Dominant expression of interleukin-10 an

Dominant expression of interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor-β genes in activated T-cells of chronic active epstein–barr virus infection

✍ Shouichi Ohga; Akihiko Nomura; Hidetoshi Takada; Tamami Tanaka; Kenji Furuno; Ya 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 201 KB

## Abstract Chronic active Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection is a chronic mononucleosis syndrome associated with clonal proliferation of EBV‐carrying T‐/natural killer (NK)‐cells. High levels of circulating EBV and activated T‐cells are sustained during the prolonged disease course, whereas it is