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Virus-like particles do not activate Langerhans cells.(human papillomavirus)

Women's Health Weekly

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2002 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Langerhans cells are not activated by human papillomavirus (HPV) virus-like particles, report cancer researchers, who say this suggests a possible "immune escape mechanism" used by HPV.

"High-risk human papillomaviruses are linked to several malignancies including cervical cancer. Because human papillomavirus-infected women do not always mount protective antiviral immunity, we explored the interaction of human papillomavirus with Langerhans cells, which would be the first APCs [antigen-presenting cells] the virus comes into contact with during infection," stated S.C. Fausch and colleagues, Loyola University, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center.

The authors added, "We determined that dendritic cells, normally targeted by vaccination procedures and Langerhans cells, normally targeted by the natural virus equally internalize human papillomavirus virus-like particles."

"However," the researchers noted, "in contrast to dendritic cells, Langerhans cells are not activated by human papillomavirus virus-like particles, illustrated by the lack of: up-regulating activation markers, secreting IL-12, stimulating T cells in an MLR, inducing human papillomavirus-specific immunity, and migrating from epidermal tissue. Langerhans ...

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