IL-7Rα expression on CD4+ T lymphocytes decreases with HIV disease progression and inversely correlates with immune activation

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 336-344

  Koesters, Sandra A ^a   Alimonti, Judie B ^a   Wachihi, Charles ^b   Matu, Lucy ^b   Anzala, Omu ^b   Kimani, Joshua ^b   Embree, Joanne E ^a   Plummer, Francis A ^a   Fowke, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

HIV 1; IL 7R; Immune activation; T cell homeostasis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KENYA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS LOAD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

APOPTOSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 32944455546     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535111     Document Type: Article

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