Abstract
Human herpesvirus 6B (HHV-6B) commonly reactivates after umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) and is associated with delayed engraftment, fever, rash, and central nervous system dysfunction. Recently, CD134 (OX40) has been implicated as a potential viral entry receptor. We evaluated CD4+CD134+/neg-lo and CD8+CD134+/neg-lo cells at day 28 after UCBT in 20 subjects with previously documented HHV-6 reactivation and persistent viremia. Analysis of CD4+CD134+ cells as compared to CD4+CD134neg-lo cells showed 0.308 versus 0.129 copies of HHV-6B/cell (P = .0002). CD8+CD134+/neg-lo cells contained little to no HHV-6B copies. Following UCBT, CD4+CD134+ cells harbor significantly increased levels of HHV-6B, suggesting that CD134 (OX40) may facilitate viral entry.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1911-1915 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 214 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support. This work was supported by the American Society of Hematology (Hematology Opportunities for the Next Generation of Research Scientists grant to J. C. P.) and the National Institutes of Health (grants RO1AI100879 [to M. R. V.] and PO1CA065493 [to M. R. V.]).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2016.
Keywords
- CD134
- HHV-6
- Herpesvirus
- OX40
- Umbilical cord blood transplantation