Functional Mechanisms of Treg in the Context of HIV Infection and the Janus Face of Immune Suppression

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role in infections, by modulating host immune responses and avoiding the overreactive immunity that in the case of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection leads to a marked erosion and deregulation of the entire immune system. Therefore, the suppress...

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Main Authors: Jacobo López-Abente, Rafael Correa-Rocha, Marjorie Pion
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00192/full