Responsiveness of T cells to interleukin-7 is associated with higher CD4 + T cell counts in HIV-1-positive individuals with highly active antiretroviral therapy-induced viral load suppression

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1872-1882

  Camargo, Jose F ^a,b   Kulkarni, Hemant ^a,b   Agan, Brian K ^g   Gaitan, Alvaro A ^a,b   Beachy, Lisa A ^a,b   Srinivas, Sowmya ^a,b   He, Weijing ^a,b   Anderson, Stephanie ^d,e,f,g   Marconi, Vincent C ^d,f,g   Dolan, Matthew J ^d,e,f,h   Ahuja, Sunil K ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d San Antonio Military Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^e USAF   (United States)

^f SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^h BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; DEATH RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; STAT5 PROTEIN; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; IL7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 67650458437     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598858     Document Type: Article

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