Article
Distinct mechanisms trigger apoptosis in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected and in uninfected bystander T lymphocytes.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 1998
Herbein G, Van Lint C, Lovett J L, Verdin E
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis is a main feature of AIDS pathogenesis and is thought to play a role in the progressive decrease of CD4+ T lymphocytes in infected individuals. To determine whether apoptosis occurs in infected and/or in uninfected peripheral blood T lymphocytes, we have used a recombinant human immunod...
Topics
- Antigen-Presenting Cells
- Apoptosis
- Base Sequence
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Primers
- Gene Expression
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Luminescent Proteins
