Is it age or HIV that drives the regulatory T-cells expansion that occurs in older HIV-infected persons?

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-159

  Mendez Lagares G ^a   Leal, M ^a   del Pozo Balado, M M ^a   Leon J A ^b   Pacheco, Y M ^a  

^a Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

AGE; AGING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SAMPLE SIZE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953021063     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2010.02.012     Document Type: Letter

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