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Pinpointing HIV immune response.
- Source :
- AIDS Weekly; 11/13/2023, p107-107, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- New research combining computer modeling and experiments with macaques shows that the immune system plays a crucial role in controlling HIV infections. The study found that the immune system suppresses viral production in already infected cells and kills viral infected cells, but only within a narrow time window at the start of a cell's infection. The researchers hope that by understanding how the immune system controls HIV, they can develop treatments to enhance this mechanism and potentially cure the disease. The study also resolved a controversy in HIV research by showing that a type of immune response mediated by CD8+ T cells controls infection by both killing infected cells and triggering human cells to deploy defenses against the infection. [Extracted from the article]
- Subjects :
- IMMUNE response
HIV infections
HIV
SEXUALLY transmitted diseases
T cells
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15324524
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS Weekly
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 173519586