Role of dendritic and follicular dendritic cells in HIV infection and pathogenesis
โ Scribed by Geraldine Grouard; Edward A Clark
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-7915
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โฆ Synopsis
Dendritic cells (DCs) and follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) play important roles in HIV-mediated pathogenesis. Recent studies have defined new DC subsets and shown that DCs in lymphoid mucosa can both harbor virus and stimulate its spread into CD4 + T cells. FDCs harbor unspliced HIV mRNA and immune complexed virus, but not actively infectious virus, yet these cells are a key regulated reservoir of virions.
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