Loss of IL-7Rα is associated with CD4 T-cell depletion, high interleukin-7 levels and CD28 down-regulation in HIV infected patients

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2077-2086

  Rethi, Bence ^a   Fluur, Caroline ^a   Atlas, Ann ^b   Krzyzowska, Malgorzata ^a   Mowafi, Frida ^a   Grützmeier, Sven ^c   De Milito, Angelo ^a   Bellocco, Rino ^d   Falk, Kerstin I ^d   Rajnavölgyi, Éva ^e   Chiodi, Francesca ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

AIDS; Apoptosis; CD4; CD8; Cytokines; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD28; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 27944503411     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000189848.75699.0f     Document Type: Article

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