| Literature DB >> 21550842 |
Stephanie Gaillard1, Jason B Dinoso, Julia A Marsh, Amy E DeZern, Karen A O'Connell, Adam M Spivak, Karla Alwood, Christine M Durand, Richard F Ambinder, Joel N Blankson.
Abstract
The mechanism of elite control of HIV-1 replication is not fully understood. While immunosuppression due to rituximab based chemotherapy has been associated with increased replication of HBV, CMV, and HIV-1, control of replication-competent HIV-1 was maintained in an elite controller/suppressor treated with a regimen that included vincristine, cyclophosphamide, prednisone, four rounds of plasmapheresis and ten cycles of rituximab. The data suggests that de-novo antibody responses do not play a significant role in the control of viral replication in these patients.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21550842 PMCID: PMC3117974 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.04.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Virol ISSN: 1386-6532 Impact factor: 3.168