«We have shown that Anc80 works remarkably well in terms of
infecting cells of interest in the inner ear,» says Stankovic, an otologic surgeon at Mass..
Not exact matches
Another
interesting finding was the impact
of the antibody on CD4 + T
cells, helper
cells that promote the development
of killer T
cells called CD8 +, which target and destroy virus -
infected liver
cells.
«We were
interested in understanding how
cells commonly found in mucosal tissues affect the ability
of HIV to
infect immune
cells,» explained Nadia Roan, PhD, a visiting investigator at Gladstone and assistant professor at UCSF who is the senior author
of the study.
«A recent report published in Nature by Descours et al. prompted great
interest, as it claimed to have identified CD32 as one such marker that is selectively expressed on the majority
of persistently
infected CD4 T
cells.