Increased frequency of regulatory t cells accompanies increased immune activation in rectal mucosae of HIV-positive noncontrollers

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 11422-11434

  Shaw, Julia M ^a   Hunt, Peter W ^b   Critchfield, J William ^a   McConnell, Delandy H ^a   Garcia, Juan Carlos ^a   Pollard, Richard B ^a   Somsouk, Ma ^c   Deeks, Steven G ^b   Shacklett, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE ACTIVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM MUCOSA; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIGENS, CD; BLOOD; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RECTUM; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 80055115449     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.05608-11     Document Type: Article

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