Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) primarily infect activated CD4+ T cells but can infect macrophages. Surprisingly, ex vivo tetramer-sorted SIV-specific CD8+ T cells that eliminated and suppressed viral replication in SIV-infected CD4+ T cells failed to do so in SIV-infected macrophages. It is possible, therefore, that while AIDS virus-infected macrophages constitute only a small percentage of all virus-infected cells, they may be relatively resistant to CD8+ T cell-mediated lysis and continue to produce virus over long periods of time.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4682-4687 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of virology |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Insect Science
- Virology