Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, July 16th, 2009
"Although the primary function of Tat is to regulate HIV-1 replication in the infected cell, it also dysregulates cytokine production resulting in perturbation of the host immune response and enhancement of the retrovirus survival. Because interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) is a pleiotropic cytokine with potent antiviral and immunoregulatory effects, we investigated whether Tat interferes with the IFN gamma signal transduction in primary monocytes. We...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2009-07-16)
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