Therapy/Retinoic Acid
Ex Vivo CD4+ Cell Death Reduced in AIDS Patients Receiving Retinoic Acid
Published in AIDS Weekly, May 1st, 1995
The findings indicate that tRA may affect what is thought to be a major cause of the drastic depletion of CD4+ T cells characteristic of AIDS: the induction of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, by HIV.
Apoptosis is a normal mechanism in which cells no longer needed by the body undergo a process of DNA degradation and death. Several researchers, most notably HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier, believe that HIV kills far...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (1995-05-01)
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