T cell receptor excision circle (TREC) content following maximum HIV suppression is equivalent in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals

AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1757-1764

  Steffens, Carolyn M ^a   Smith, Kimberly Y ^a   Landay, Alan ^a   Shott, Susan ^a   Truckenbrod, Allison ^a   Russert, Mary ^b   Al Harthi, Lena ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AGOURON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiroviral therapy; HIV; Naive markers; T cell receptor excision circle; Thymic index; Thymic output; TREC

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; T CELL RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMUS GLAND; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0035964724     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200109280-00003     Document Type: Article

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