IMMUNITY TO HIV IN EARLY LIFE

The developing immune system is adapted to the exposure to a plethora of pathogenic and non-pathogenic antigens encountered in utero and after birth, requiring a fine balance between protective immunity and immune tolerance. In early stages of life, this tolerogenic state of the innate and adaptive...

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Main Authors: Maximilian eMuenchhoff, Andrew J Prendergast, Philip Jeremy Renshaw Goulder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00391/full