Gastrointestinal immune responses in HIV infected subjects

The gut associated lymphoid tissue is responsible for specific responses to intestinal antigens. During HIV infection, mucosal immune deficiency may account for the gastrointestinal infections. In this review we describe the humoral and cellular mucosal immune responses in normal and HIV-infected su...

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Main Authors: LRR Castello-Branco, DJM Lewis, MB Ortigão-de-Sampaio, GE Griffin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1996-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000300021