Article
HIV infection and natural killer cytotoxicity in hemophilic patients.
Immunology letters - 1 Jun 1990
de la Barrera S S, Olabuenaga S E, Soria A, Felippo M, Perez Bianco R, de Bracco M M
Abstract excerpt
In this study we analyzed the ability of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from hemophilic patients (He) with negative or positive serology for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), to increase natural killer (NK) cytotoxicity upon stimulation with physiological and non physiological agents. Purified interleukin-2 (IL-2), the interferon (IFN)-inducer polyinosinic polycytidylic acid (PIC), recombinant...
Topics
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- HIV Infections
- Hemophilia A
- Humans
- Interleukin-2
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Interleukin-2
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate