Germinal centre CD4+ T cells are an important site of HIV replication in vivo

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 849-857

  Hufert, Frank T ^a   Van Lunzen, Jan ^b,e   Janossy, George ^c   Bertram, Sylvia ^a   Schmitz, Jörn ^d   Haller, Otto ^a   Racz, Paul ^b   Von Laer, Dorothee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD4; CD57; Flow cytometry; Germinal centre; HIV replication; HIV 1; Lymphadenopathy; Lymphoid tissue; Viral load

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031011147     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199707000-00003     Document Type: Article

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