Published in AIDS Weekly, February 27th, 2006
Study 1: Exogenous interleukin-7 may be of benefit during pathogenic SIVmac and HIV infection.
"Sooty mangabeys, the natural host of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVsm), generally avoid progressive depletion of CD4+ T cells and opportunistic infections associated with infection of humans (HIV) and macaques (SIVmac).
"The means by which the SIVsm-infected mangabeys maintain CD4+ T-cell levels despite high rates of viral replication is unknown," investigators in the United States report.
According to A. Muthukumar and...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-02-27)
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