Cocaine exposure enhances permissiveness of quiescent T cells to HIV infection.

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In vivo and in vitro exposure to stimulants has been associated with increased levels of HIV infection in PBMCs. Among these lymphocyte subsets, quiescent CD4(+) T cells make up the majority of circulating T cells in the blood. Others and we have demonstrated that HIV infects this population of cells inefficiently. However, minor changes in their cell state can render them permissive to infection, significantly...

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