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Alveolar CD8+CD57+ lymphocytes in human immunodeficiency virus infection produce an inhibitor of cytotoxic functions.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Apr 1994
Sadat-Sowti B, Parrot A, Quint L, Mayaud C, Debre P, Autran B
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the CD8+CD57+ alveolar cell functions and their immunoregulatory role in lungs from HIV-seropositive patients with the clinical presentation of lymphocytic alveolitis at different stages of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. We previously reported, at Stage IV of HIV infection, an expansion of CD8+CD57+ alveolar lymphocytes mirroring the decline of local anti-HIV cytotoxic T-lymphocyte...
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