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Selective transmission of some HIV-1 subtype C variants might depend on Envelope stimulating dendritic cells to secrete IL-10.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Lumngwena Evelyn Ngwa, Abrahams Bianca, Shuping Liliwe, Cicala Claudia, Arthos James, Woodman Zenda
Abstract excerpt
Envelope (Env) phenotype(s) that provide transmitted founders (TF) with a selective advantage during HIV-1 transmission would be the ideal target for preventative therapy. We generated Env clones from four individuals infected with a single virus and one participant infected with multiple variants at transmission and compared phenotype with matched Envs from chronic infection (CI). When we determined whether...
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