HIV/AIDS
Researchers from the United States and People's Republic of China publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS
Published in AIDS Weekly, June 12th, 2006
Study 1: HIV fusion to dendritic cells declines as cells mature.
"The maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) is associated with a diminished ability to support human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication; however, the precise step in the HIV life cycle impaired by DC maturation remains uncertain.
"Using an HIV virion-based fusion assay, we now show that HIV fusion to monocyte-derived DCs (MDDCs) both decreases and kinetically slows when DCs are induced to mature with poly(I:C) and tumor necrosis factor alpha," scientists in the United...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-06-12)
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