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IL-16 Enhances IL-2 CD4+ T-Cell Reconstitution
Published in AIDS Weekly, July 28th, 1997
The cytokine may thus have a therapeutic role in combination with IL-2, intermittent doses of which increase CD4+ T-cell counts in people with HIV infection.
"We hypothesize that IL-16 may be a useful adjunct to IL-2 for immune reconstitution therapy of HIV-1 infected individuals, increasing the number of CD4+ T cells while at the same time suppressing viral replication," suggested Nereida A. Parada and colleagues of the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Parada reported data from a study of...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (1997-07-28)
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