"MxA Protein in Peripheral Blood and in IFN-(alpha) Treated Whole Blood of HIV-1 Infected Patients."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the Ninth Symposium on HIV Infection entitled From Virology ... To Therapy, held March 6-8, 1997, in Toulon, France, "MxA protein is an IFN-(alpha)-induced antiviral protein of human cells located in cytoplasm of monocytes and to a lesser extent in lymphocytes. It has been reported that the MxA protein concentration was significantly higher in blood from HIV-1 positive patients and increased levels were observed during advanced HIV disease. We studied the levels of MxA protein in clinically stable patients with HIV-1 infection grouped according to the 1993 classification of the CDC. The quantitation of MxA protein was performed in...

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