Interleukin-7 enhances memory CD8+ T-cell recall responses in health but its activity is impaired in human immunodeficiency virus infection

Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-536

  O'Connor, Alison M ^a   Crawley, Angela M ^a,b   Angel, Jonathan B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CD8 cytotoxic T cells; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Interleukin 7 (IL 7); Memory response

Indexed keywords

CD45RA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DONOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY IMMUNE RESPONSE;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-7; PEPTIDES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 78149397413     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03325.x     Document Type: Article

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