Regulatory T Cells in HIV-1 infection: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 205, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1479-1482

  Imamichi, Hiromi ^a   Lane, H Clifford ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84860381253     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis238     Document Type: Note

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