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Both memory and CD45RA+/CD62L+ naive CD4(+) T cells are infected in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected individuals.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 1999
Ostrowski M A, Chun T W, Justement S J, Motola I, Spinelli M A, Adelsberger J, Ehler L A, Mizell S B, Hallahan C W, Fauci A S
Abstract excerpt
Cellular activation is critical for the propagation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. It has been suggested that truly naive CD4(+) T cells are resistant to productive HIV-1 infection because of their constitutive resting state. Memory and naive CD4(+) T-cell subsets from 11 HIV-1-infected individuals were isolated ex vivo by a combination of magnetic bead depletion and...
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