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Interleukin-7 and infection itself by human immunodeficiency virus 1 favor virus persistence in mature CD4+CD8−CD3+ thymocytes through sustained induction of Bcl-2
1 Oct 2001
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The sequence of events and the mechanisms leading to the destruction of the thymus during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are still poorly characterized. Investigated here are the survival capacity on HIV-1 infection of the mature single-positive CD4(+)CD8(-)CD3(+) (SP CD4(+)) and the intermediate CD4(+) CD8(-)CD3(-) thymocytes previously shown to be able to replicate the virus in the thymic...
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