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HIV controllers with HLA-DRB1*13 and HLA-DQB1*06 alleles have strong, polyfunctional mucosal CD4+ T-cell responses.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2010
Ferre April L, Hunt Peter W, McConnell Delandy H, Morris Megan M, Garcia Juan C, Pollard Richard B, Yee Hal F, Martin Jeffrey N, Deeks Steven G, Shacklett Barbara L
Abstract excerpt
A small percentage of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals, termed elite controllers, are able to spontaneously control HIV replication in blood. As the gastrointestinal mucosa is an important site of HIV transmission and replication as well as CD4+ T-cell depletion, it is important to understand the nature of the immune responses occurring in this compartment. Although the role of the...
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