Modeling the Slow CD4+ T Cell Decline in HIV-Infected Individuals.

The progressive loss of CD4+ T cell population is the hallmark of HIV-1 infection but the mechanism underlying the slow T cell decline remains unclear. Some recent studies suggested that pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death triggered during abortive HIV infection, is associated with the relea...

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Main Authors: Sunpeng Wang, Patricia Hottz, Mauro Schechter, Libin Rong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4692447?pdf=render