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HIV-1 infection of DC: evidence for the acquisition of virus particles from infected T cells by antigen uptake mechanism.
PloS one - 15 Oct 2009
Venkatachari Narasimhan J, Alber Sean, Watkins Simon C, Ayyavoo Velpandi
Abstract excerpt
Dendritic cells (DC) play a pivotal role in transmission and dissemination of HIV-1. Earlier studies reported that DC present at the site of infection trap virus particles via DC-SIGN and transfer the virus to the interacting naïve T cells. This prompted us to ask the question whether DC could acquire virus from infected T cells during DC-T cell interaction. To address this, we investigated the likely transfer of...
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