Article
Repertoire of chemokine receptor expression in the female genital tract: implications for human immunodeficiency virus transmission.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 1998
Patterson B K, Landay A, Andersson J, Brown C, Behbahani H, Jiyamapa D, Burki Z, Stanislawski D, Czerniewski M A, Garcia P
Abstract excerpt
Sexually transmitted diseases, genital ulcer disease, and progesterone therapy increase susceptibility to lentivirus transmission. Infection of cells by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is dependent on expression of specific chemokine receptors known to function as HIV co-receptors. Quantitativ...
Topics
- Adult
- Cells, Cultured
- Cervix Uteri
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Immunophenotyping
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Middle Aged
- Mucous Membrane