Characterization of a human cervical CD4 + T cell subset coexpressing multiple markers of HIV susceptibility

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6032-6042

  McKinnon, Lyle R ^a,b   Nyanga, Billy ^b   Chege, Duncan ^a   Izulla, Preston ^b   Kimani, Makobu ^b   Huibner, Sanja ^a   Gelmon, Lawrence ^b,c   Block, Katharine E ^d   Cicala, Claudia ^d   Anzala, A Omu ^b,e   Arthos, James ^d   Kimani, Joshua ^b,c   Kaul, Rupert ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e Kenyan AIDS Vaccine Initiative   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD103 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN ALPHA4 BETA7; INTERLEUKIN 17 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 22; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH17 CELL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SEPARATION; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTEGRINS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-17; RECEPTORS, CCR5; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 82755190041     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101836     Document Type: Article

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