Pericyte infection by HIV-1: a fatal attraction
Abstract While HIV-1 is primarily an infection of CD4 + T cells, there is an emerging interest towards understanding how infection of other cell types can contribute to HIV-associated comorbidities. For HIV-1 to cross from the blood stream into tissues, the virus must come in direct contact with the...
Main Authors: | Oandy Naranjo, Silvia Torices, Paul R. Clifford, Manav T. Daftari, Olivia M. Osborne, Nikolai Fattakhov, Michal Toborek |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-12-01
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Series: | Retrovirology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12977-022-00614-3 |
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