Article
Adherence of human immunodeficiency virus-infected lymphocytes to fetal placental cells: a model of maternal --> fetal transmission.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 14 Feb 1995
Schwartz D H, Sharma U K, Perlman E J, Blakemore K
Abstract excerpt
The precise timing and mechanism of in utero human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are unknown, but transplacental transmission is likely. Term placentas from HIV+ pregnancies contain only rare HIV-infected cells whose origins and phenotypes remain controversial, and no correlation has bee...
Topics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- CD3 Complex
- CD4 Antigens
- Cell Adhesion
- Cells, Cultured
- Complement System Proteins
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
