Evidence for the HIV-1 phenotype switch as a causal factor in acquired immunodeficiency.

doi:10.1038/nm0398-346

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Evidence for the HIV-1 phenotype switch as a causal factor in acquired immunodeficiency.

Nature medicine - 1 Mar 1998

Glushakova S, Grivel J C, Fitzgerald W, Sylwester A, Zimmerberg J, Margolis L B

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Both cellular and humoral immunodeficiency develop in vivo after prolonged infection with HIV-1, but the mechanisms are unclear. Initial infection with HIV-1 is transmitted by macrophage (M)-tropic/non-syncytia-inducing (NSI) viruses, which hyperactivate the immune system, and, in one view, cause...

Topics

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
B-Lymphocytes
Culture Techniques
HIV-1
Humans
Macrophages
Models, Immunological
Palatine Tonsil
Phenotype
T-Lymphocytes

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