Article
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 infe...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adult
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- CD57 Antigens
- CD8 Antigens
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Immunomagnetic Separation
- Macrophages, Alveolar
- Male
- Middle Aged