Follicular regulatory T cells impair follicular T helper cells in HIV and SIV infection

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Miles, Brodie ^a   Miller, Shannon M ^a   Folkvord, Joy M ^a   Kimball, Abigail ^a   Chamanian, Mastooreh ^a   Meditz, Amie L ^a,f   Arends, Tessa ^a   McCarter, Martin D ^b   Levy, David N ^c   Rakasz, Eva G ^d   Skinner, Pamela J ^e   Connick, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f Boulder Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIVITY; MAMMAL; VIRAL DISEASE;

MACACA MULATTA; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RHESUS MONKEY; SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; LYMPH NODES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944906896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9608     Document Type: Article

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