Germinal center T follicular helper cells are highly permissive to HIV-1 and alter their phenotype during virus replication

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2711-2722

  Kohler, Stephanie L ^a   Pham, Michael N ^a,d   Folkvord, Joy M ^a   Arends, Tessa ^a,b   Miller, Shannon M ^a   Miles, Brodie ^a   Meditz, Amie L ^a,e   McCarter, Martin ^b   Levy, David N ^c   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 VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e Beacon Center for Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; VIRUS RNA; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CD3+ CD8- CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CXCR5+ CD4+ CELL; DOWN REGULATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERINFECTION; T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TONSIL CELL; VIRUS REPLICATION; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HOST RANGE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PALATINE TONSIL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GERMINAL CENTER; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; PALATINE TONSIL; PHENOTYPE; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; RECEPTORS, CXCR5; SUPERINFECTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84962527945     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502174     Document Type: Article

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