Elevated caspase-3 expression and T-cell activation in elite suppressors

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-112

  Ronquillo, Rollie E ^a   Desai, Seema N ^a   Norris, Philip J ^b,c   Golub, Elizabeth T ^d   Greenblatt, Ruth M ^e   Gange, Stephen J ^d   Landay, Alan L ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; CASPASE 3; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77951680633     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181cbd469     Document Type: Letter

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