Preserved function of regulatory T cells in chronic HIV-1 infection despite decreased numbers in blood and tissue

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 205, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1495-1500

  Angin, Mathieu ^a   Kwon, Douglas S ^a,b   Streeck, Hendrik ^a   Wen, Fang ^a   King, Melanie ^a   Rezai, Ashley ^a   Law, Kenneth ^a   Hongo, Tomoyuki C ^a   Pyo, Augustine ^a   Piechocka Trocha, Alicja ^a   Toth, Ildiko ^a   Pereyra, Florencia ^a   Ghebremichael, Musie ^a   Rodig, Scott J ^c   Milner, Danny A ^c   Richter, James M ^b   Altfeld, Marcus ^a   Kaufmann, Daniel E ^a,b   Walker, Bruce D ^a,d   Addo, Marylyn M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL SELECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EX VIVO STUDY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; TISSUE LEVEL; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84860359331     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis236     Document Type: Article

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