Simian immunodeficiency virus-producing cells in follicles are partially suppressed by CD8+ cells in vivo

Journal of Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 11168-11180

  Li, Shengbin ^a   Folkvord, Joy M ^b   Rakasz, Eva G ^c   Abdelaal, Hadia M ^a,d   Wagstaff, Reece K ^a   Kovacs, Katalin J ^a   Kim, Hyeon O ^a   Sawahata, Ryoko ^a   MaWhinney, Samantha ^e   Masopust, David ^f   Connick, Elizabeth ^b   Skinner, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORIN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINAL CENTER; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHESUS MONKEY; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PERFORIN; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 85001065621     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01332-16     Document Type: Article

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