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Progression to CMV end-organ disease in HIV-1-infected individuals despite abundance of highly differentiated CMV-specific CD8+ T-cells.
Immunology letters - 15 Mar 2005
Bronke C, Westerlaken G H A, Miedema F, Tesselaar K, van Baarle D
Abstract excerpt
Since CMV-specific T-cells have been shown to generally express an advanced state of differentiation, we investigated whether these mature CMV-specific T-cells are sustained in HIV-infected patients, who are not treated with HAART, receive no CMV medication, but do progress to AIDS with CMV end-organ disease (AIDS-CMV). CD8+ and CD4+ T-cell phenotype was studied in these patients in comparison with long-term...
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