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HIV-1 Nef mediates lymphocyte chemotaxis and activation by infected macrophages.
Nature medicine - 1 Sept 1999
Swingler S, Mann A, Jacqué J, Brichacek B, Sasseville V G, Williams K, Lackner A A, Janoff E N, Wang R, Fisher D, Stevenson M
Abstract excerpt
Infection of macrophage lineage cells is a feature of primate lentivirus replication, and several properties of primate lentiviruses seem to have evolved to promote the infection of macrophages. Here we demonstrate that the accessory gene product Nef induces the production of two CC-chemokines, macrophage inflammatory proteins 1alpha and 1beta, by HIV-1-infected macrophages. Adenovirus-mediated expression of Nef...
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