Published in AIDS Weekly, January 16th, 2006
Study 1: HIV-1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes produce a single cytokine after stimulation with HIV-1-infected CD4 cells.
According to a study from Japan, "Although human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific CD8+ T cells can produce various cytokines that suppress HIV-1 replication or modulate anti-HIV-1 immunity, the extent to which HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells produce cytokines when they recognize HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cells in vivo still remains unclear.
"We first analyzed the abilities of 10 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) clones...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-01-16)
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