This study provides direct evidence that these interactions do occur in
infected immune tissues, and highlight the importance of considering cell - to - cell transmission in developing new treatments.
The team thoroughly analyzed blood and
immune tissues from HIV - negative donors, HIV - positive individuals treated with ART, and HIV - positive viremic individuals, collected at several institutions around the world.
One of the first places to look when building immunity is your gut, where 70 - 80 % of
your immune tissue resides.
This makes sense since 70 to 80 percent of
our immune tissue is in our digestive tract.
Vitamin A prevents inappropriate activation of T cells in
the immune tissues known as the gut - associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) and Peyer's patches encircling the digestive tract, therefore reducing risk of chronic gut inflammation (4).