Relationship between regulatory T cells and immune activation in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients interrupting antiretroviral therapy.

Persistent immune activation plays a central role in driving Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease progression. Whether CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are harmful by suppressing HIV-specific immune responses and/or beneficial through a decrease in immune activation remains debatable. We a...

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Main Authors: Laurence Weiss, Christophe Piketty, Lambert Assoumou, Céline Didier, Laure Caccavelli, Vladimira Donkova-Petrini, Yves Levy, Pierre-Marie Girard, Marianne Burgard, Jean-Paul Viard, Christine Rouzioux, Dominique Costagliola, ANRS 116 SALTO study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2908121?pdf=render