Not exact matches
Scientists describe these infectious connections as
virological «synapses» because they resemble the way that cells of the nervous system or the immune system communicate
through intimate cell - to - cell connections.
CD4 + T cells transfer HIV
through connections called
virological synapses that require interactions between several cell membrane proteins, such as ICAM - 1 and LFA - 1.
HIV can be transmitted as a free particle, or from cell to cell, for example between CD4 + T cells,
through so - called
virological synapses.