HIV-1-negative female sex workers sustain high cervical IFNϵ, low immune activation, and low expression of HIV-1-required host genes

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1027-1038

  Abdulhaqq, S A ^a   Zorrilla, C ^b   Kang, G ^c   Yin, X ^a   Tamayo, V ^b   Seaton, K E ^d   Joseph, J ^a   Garced, S ^b   Tomaras, G D ^d   Linn, K A ^e   Foulkes, A S ^f   Azzoni, L ^a   Vermilyea, M ^g   Coutifaris, C ^g   Kossenkov, A V ^a   Showe, L ^a   Kraiselburd, E N ^b   Li, Q ^c   Montaner, L J ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; INTERFERON-EPSILON, HUMAN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL HOMING; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IFNE GENE; LEUKOCYTE HOMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX WORKER; SPERM; UTERINE CERVIX; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CERVIX UTERI; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERFERON TYPE I; INTERFERONS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SEMEN; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS INTEGRATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84975882043     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2015.116     Document Type: Article

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