A low T regulatory cell response may contribute to both viral control and generalized immune activation in HIV controllers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hunt, Peter W ^a   Landay, Alan L ^b   Sinclair, Elizabeth ^a   Martinson, Jeffrey A ^b   Hatano, Hiroyu ^a   Emu, Brinda ^a   Norris, Philip J ^a,c   Busch, Michael P ^a,c   Martin, Jeffrey N ^a   Brooks, Cicely ^b   McCune, Joseph M ^a   Deeks, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD28 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS INHIBITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VIREMIA;

EID: 79551649723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015924     Document Type: Article

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