Binding of HIV-1 gp120 to DC-SIGN promotes ASK-1-dependent activation-induced apoptosis of human dendritic cells

During disease progression to AIDS, HIV-1 infected individuals become increasingly immunosuppressed and susceptible to opportunistic infections. It has also been demonstrated that multiple subsets of dendritic cells (DC), including DC-SIGN(+) cells, become significantly depleted in the blood and lym...

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Main Authors: Chen, Y, Hwang, S, Chan, V, Chung, N, Wang, S, Li, Z, Ma, J, Lin, C, Hsieh, Y, Chang, K, Kung, S, Wu, Y, Chu, C, Tai, H, Gao, G, Zheng, B, Yokoyama, K, Austyn, J
Other Authors: Ross, SR
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013