M cells as portals of entry for HIV

Pathobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 141-144

  Owen, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; HIV; M cell; Peyer's patch; Rectal mucosa

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; COLON; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INTESTINE; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REOVIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COLON; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PEYER'S PATCHES; RABBITS; RECTUM;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; REOVIRUS SP.;

EID: 0031868414     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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