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Dual effect of interleukin 4 on HIV-1 expression: implications for viral phenotypic switch and disease progression.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Jul 1998
Valentin A, Lu W, Rosati M, Schneider R, Albert J, Karlsson A, Pavlakis G N
Abstract excerpt
We report that interleukin 4 (IL-4) inhibits the propagation of non-syncytia-inducing and increases the propagation of syncytia-inducing HIV-1 isolates by two mechanisms. It differentially regulates the two major HIV-1 coreceptors, CCR5 and CXCR4, in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, increasing CXCR4 and decreasing CCR5 expression in primary CD4(+) T-lymphocytes. In addition, IL-4 stimulates the...
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