Article
Identification of a CD21 receptor-deficient, non-Ig-secreting peripheral B lymphocyte subset in HIV-seropositive drug abusers.
Clinical immunology and immunopathology - 1 Feb 1992
Benedetto A, Di Caro A, Camporiondo M P, Gallone D, Zaniratti S, Tozzi V, Elia G
Abstract excerpt
We have studied 61 HIV-seropositive heroin addicts (18 asymptomatic, 20 ARC, and 23 AIDS cases), 26 HIV-seronegative heroin addicts, and 45 healthy blood donors, matching the groups each other for age and sex. We have focused on the phenotypic characteristics of B subpopulations in the peripheral...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antibody-Producing Cells
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, CD20
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Isotypes
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Male
- Phenotype
- Pokeweed Mitogens
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
- Receptors, Complement
