Lessons to be learned from natural control of HIV - future directions, therapeutic, and preventive implications

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Shasha, David ^a   Walker, Bruce D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD8+ T cells; Elite controllers; HIV; HIV vaccine; Immune activation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD163 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; COLLAGEN; D DIMER; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA B35 ANTIGEN; HLA B57 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE;

ALLELE; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FIBROSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VACCINATION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84883828717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00162     Document Type: Review

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