The impact of HIV-1 infection and exposure on natural killer (NK) cell phenotype in Kenyan infants during the first year of life

Natural killer (NK) cells play an important role in the containment of HIV replication during primary infection, though their functions are impaired during chronic HIV infection. Infants experience more rapid HIV disease progression than adults, but contributions of infant NK cells to containing HIV...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Ann Slyker, Barbara Louise Lohman-Payne, Grace eJohn-Stewart, Tao eDong, Dorothy eMbori-Ngacha, Kenneth eTapia, Ann eAtzberger, Stephen eTaylor, Sarah eRowland-Jones, Catherine A Blish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00399/full

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