Article
Human cord blood mononuclear cells are preferentially infected by non-syncytium-inducing, macrophage-tropic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 1995
Reinhardt P P, Reinhardt B, Lathey J L, Spector S A
Abstract excerpt
Identification of the factors which impact on the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from an infected mother to her infant is essential for the development of effective strategies to prevent perinatal HIV-1 infection. The current study was designed to determine if unstimulated human neonatal cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMC) differ from adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in...
Topics
- Adult
- Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral
- Female
- Fetal Blood
- Flow Cytometry
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Infant, Newborn
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
