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Subset markers of CD8(+) cells and their relation to enhanced cytotoxic T-cell activity during human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Nov 1991
Vanham G, Kestens L, Penne G, Goilav C, Gigase P, Colebunders R, Vandenbruaene M, Goeman J, van der Groen G, Ceuppens J L
Abstract excerpt
Using fresh whole blood or isolated lymphocytes, the activity of in vivo generated cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) was measured as the OKT3-specific lysis of HL-60 targets, in a cross-sectional study of 53 HIV (+) patients. CTL activity in the entire HIV(+) group was two to three times higher than in HIV(-) controls, with WHO stage 3 (=pre-AIDS) patients showing the highest cytolytic function. The whole-blood CTL...
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