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Impairment of CD1d-restricted natural killer T cells in chronic HIV type 1 clade C infection.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 May 2011
Mureithi Marianne W, Cohen Kristen, Moodley Ramona, Poole Danielle, Mncube Zenele, Kasmar Anne, Moody D Branch, Goulder Philip J R, Walker Bruce D, Altfeld Marcus, Ndung'u Thumbi
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies suggest that natural killer T (NKT) cells play a role in early antiviral pathogenesis and are rapidly depleted in chronic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) clade B infection. We aimed to characterize the phenotypic and functional characteristics of NKT cells in HIV-1 clade C-infected Africans at different stages of HIV-1 disease. NKT cell frequencies, subsets, and ex vivo effector...
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