Development of skewed functionality of HIV-1-specific cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells from primary to early chronic phase of HIV infection.
In recent years, the prevalence of HIV-1 infection has been rapidly increasing among men who have sex with men (MSM). However, it remains unknown how the host immune system responds to the infection in this population. We assessed the quantity of HIV-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses by using Elispot...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3441698?pdf=render |