HIV-1 intron-containing RNA expression induces innate immune activation and T cell dysfunction

Type I Interferon is thought to be a driving force for immune activation and T cell exhaustion during HIV infection. Here the authors show that intron-containing HIV RNA induces innate immune activation resulting in associated T cell dysfunction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hisashi Akiyama, Caitlin M. Miller, Chelsea R. Ettinger, Anna C. Belkina, Jennifer E. Snyder-Cappione, Suryaram Gummuluru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05899-7