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Simian immunodeficiency viruses with defective nef genes show increased susceptibility to the noncytotoxic antiviral activity of CD8+ lymphocytes.
Virology - 1 Mar 2002
Binninger-Schinzel Doris, Norley Stephen, Adler Henric S, Oberg Hans-Heinrich, Kurth Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
The noncytotoxic soluble factor produced by CD8+ T cells inhibits replication of HIV and SIV in vitro and is thought to play a crucial role in combatting infection in vivo. We determined the effect of human CD8+ lymphocytes on the in vitro replication potential of both wild-type and nef-defective mutants of the simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac251. Although replication of wild-type SIVmac251 in unstimulated...
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