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The C terminus of HIV-1 Tat modulates the extent of CD178-mediated apoptosis of T cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Nov 2005
Campbell Grant R, Watkins Jennifer D, Esquieu Didier, Pasquier Eddy, Loret Erwann P, Spector Stephen A
Abstract excerpt
HIV infection and the progression to AIDS are characterized by the depletion of CD4(+) T cells through apoptosis of the uninfected bystander cells and the direct killing of HIV-infected cells. This is mediated in part by the human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 Tat protein, which is secreted by virally infected cells and taken up by uninfected cells and CD178 gene expression, which is critically involved in T...
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