CD80 expression is decreased in hyperplastic lymph nodes of HIV+ patients.

doi:10.1093/intimm/10.12.1847

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CD80 expression is decreased in hyperplastic lymph nodes of HIV+ patients.

International immunology - 1 Dec 1998

Legendre C, Raphael M, Gras G, Lefevre E A, Feuillard J, Dormont D, Richard Y

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A centrofollicular hyperplasia is present within secondary lymphoid organs during all the asymptomatic phase of the HIV disease. Although this hyperplasia has been well characterized by histological studies, the nature of the phenotypic alterations in B cell populations occurring within HIV+ lymp...

Topics

Adult
B-Lymphocytes
B7-1 Antigen
Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte
Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
HIV Seropositivity
HIV-1
Humans
Hyperplasia
Lymph Nodes
Palatine Tonsil
Phenotype

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