Expression of the IL-7 receptor alpha-chain is down regulated on the surface of CD4 T-cells by the HIV-1 Tat protein.
HIV infection elicits defects in CD4 T-cell homeostasis in both a quantitative and qualitative manner. Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is essential to T-cell homeostasis and several groups have shown reduced levels of the IL-7 receptor alpha-chain (CD127) on both CD4 and CD8 T-cells in viremic HIV+ patients. W...
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| Формат: | Статья |
| Язык: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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| Серии: | PLoS ONE |
| Online-ссылка: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4205093?pdf=render |