Follicular helper T cells serve as the major CD4 T cell compartment for HIV-1 infection, replication, and production

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 143-156

  Perreau, Matthieu ^a   Savoye, Anne Laure ^a   De Crignis, Elisa ^a   Jean Marc Corpataux, ^a   Cubas, Rafael ^b   Haddad, Elias K ^b   De Leval, Laurence ^a   Graziosi, Cecilia ^a   Pantaleo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84874519282     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121932     Document Type: Article

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