Sun H, Kim D, Li X, Kiselinova M, Ouyang Z, Vanderkerckhofe L, Shang H, Rosenberg ES, Yu XG, Lichterfeld M. Th1 / 17 polarization of CD4 T
cells supports HIV - 1 DNA persistence during antiretroviral therapy.
Not exact matches
In addition, monkeys» kidney
cells do not normally
support the growth of
HIV.
The resulting CXCR4Δ18 protein, containing a six - residue deletion in ECL2, could potentially be expressed at the
cell surface and
support HIV infection.
In future research
supported by the National Institutes of Health, the researchers will study exactly how mucosal fibroblasts make immune
cells more «infectable», which could ultimately lead to new targets for preventing
HIV.