Regulatory T cells: the ultimate HIV reservoir?

Despite significant advances in the understanding of HIV-1 infection, a cure remains out of reach. This is, in part, due to a long-lived HIV-1 reservoir in resting CD4+ T cells, which do not express viral antigens, and thus are invisible to the immune system. These latently infected cells carry repl...

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Main Authors: Joseph Rocco, John W. Mellors, Bernard J.C. Macatangay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:Journal of Virus Eradication
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2055664020303058