Preservation of FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in the peripheral blood of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected elite suppressors correlates with low CD4+ T-cell activation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8307-8315

  Chase, Amanda J ^a   Yang, Hung Chih ^a   Zhang, Hao ^b   Blankson, Joel N ^a   Siliciano, Robert F ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 50149097478     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00520-08     Document Type: Article

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