CD71<sup>+</sup> Erythroid Cells Exacerbate HIV-1 Susceptibility, Mediate <italic toggle="yes">trans</italic>-Infection, and Harbor Infective Viral Particles

ABSTRACT CD71+ erythroid cells (CECs) have a wide range of immunomodulatory properties. Here, we show that CECs are expanded in the peripheral blood of HIV patients, with a positive correlation between their frequency and the plasma viral load. CECs from HIV patients and human cord blood/placenta ex...

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Main Authors: Afshin Namdar, Garett Dunsmore, Shima Shahbaz, Petya Koleva, Lai Xu, Juan Jovel, Stan Houston, Shokrollah Elahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-12-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02767-19