| Literature DB >> 22427677 |
Mathieu Angin1, Douglas S Kwon, Hendrik Streeck, Fang Wen, Melanie King, Ashley Rezai, Kenneth Law, Tomoyuki C Hongo, Augustine Pyo, Alicja Piechocka-Trocha, Ildiko Toth, Florencia Pereyra, Musie Ghebremichael, Scott J Rodig, Danny A Milner, James M Richter, Marcus Altfeld, Daniel E Kaufmann, Bruce D Walker, Marylyn M Addo.
Abstract
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are potent immune modulators, but their role in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) pathogenesis remains poorly understood. We performed a detailed analysis of the frequency and function of Tregs in a large cohort of HIV-1-infected individuals and HIV-1 negative controls. While HIV "elite controllers" and uninfected individuals had similar Treg numbers and frequencies, the absolute numbers of Tregs declined in blood and gut-associated lymphoid tissue in patients with chronic progressive HIV-1 infection. Despite quantitative changes in Tregs, HIV-1 infection was not associated with an impairment of ex vivo suppressive function of flow-sorted Tregs in both HIV controllers and untreated chronic progressors.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22427677 PMCID: PMC3415814 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis236
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226