Reduced thymic output is a major mechanism of immune reconstitution failure in HIV-infected patients after long-term antiretroviral therapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 944-951

  Li, Taisheng ^a   Wu, Ning ^a   Dai, Yi ^a   Qiu, Zhifeng ^a   Han, Yang ^a   Xie, Jing ^a   Zhu, Ting ^a   Li, Yanling ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; CD31 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION; IMMUNITY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMUS GLAND; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 80054068186     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir552     Document Type: Article

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