Alterations of the NK cell pool in HIV/HCV co-infection.

BACKGROUND:A relevant proportion of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients is co-infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV co-infection in HIV-positive patients is associated with faster progression of liver disease in comparison to HCV mono-infection. Natural killer (NK) cells cr...

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Main Authors: Dominik J Kaczmarek, Pavlos Kokordelis, Benjamin Krämer, Andreas Glässner, Franziska Wolter, Felix Goeser, Philipp Lutz, Carolynne Schwarze-Zander, Christoph Boesecke, Christian P Strassburg, Jürgen K Rockstroh, Ulrich Spengler, Jacob Nattermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5381812?pdf=render