Analysis of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in HIV-exposed seronegative persons and HIV-infected persons with different disease progressions

Viral Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-60

  Li, Lin ^a   Liu, Yongjian ^a   Bao, Zuoyi ^a   Chen, Lili ^a,b   Wang, Zheng ^a   Li, Tianyi ^a   Li, Hanping ^a   Zhuang, Daomin ^a   Liu, Siyang ^a   Wang, Xiaolin ^a   Li, Jingyun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 79951797419     PISSN: 08828245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vim.2010.0079     Document Type: Article

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