The "gatekeeper" hypothesis challenged in a human cervico-vaginal tissue model for HIV-1 transmission

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-122

  Arien K K ^a   Gali, Y ^a   Vanham, G ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYSTERECTOMY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78650805321     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2010.45     Document Type: Letter

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