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HIV-1 infection of human fetal thymocytes.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes - 1 Jan 1992
Tanaka K E, Hatch W C, Kress Y, Soeiro R, Calvelli T, Rashbaum W K, Rubinstein A, Lyman W D
Abstract excerpt
Some neonates with congenital human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection exhibit immune dysregulation. This suggests that fetal CD4+ cells, possibly thymocytes, may be infected during gestation. If thymocytes are infected, this may result in a disruption of T-cell differentiation. To examine this hypothesis, normal human fetal thymocytes were established in tissue culture, characterized, and then...
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