Regulatory T cell frequencies do not correlate with breadth or magnitude of HIV-1-specific T cell responses

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 749-751

  Angin, Mathieu ^a   Streeck, Hendrik ^a   Wen, Fang ^a   King, Melanie ^a   Pereyra, Florencia ^a   Altfeld, Marcus ^a   Walker, Bruce D ^a,b   Addo, Marylyn M ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84864222398     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0353     Document Type: Article

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