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Monocyte-lymphocyte fusion induced by the HIV-1 envelope generates functional heterokaryons with an activated monocyte-like phenotype.
Experimental cell research - 1 Mar 2017
Martínez-Méndez David, Rivera-Toledo Evelyn, Ortega Enrique, Licona-Limón Ileana, Huerta Leonor
Abstract excerpt
Enveloped viruses induce cell-cell fusion when infected cells expressing viral envelope proteins interact with target cells, or through the contact of cell-free viral particles with adjoining target cells. CD4+ T lymphocytes and cells from the monocyte-macrophage lineage express receptors for HIV envelope protein. We have previously reported that lymphoid Jurkat T cells expressing the HIV-1 envelope protein (Env)...
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