Mucosal immunology and models of mucosal HIV infection
- GE Griffin
- LRR Castello-Branco
- MB Ortigão-de-Sampaio
- R Shattock
Publication date
June 1996
DOI Publisher
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde ISSN
0074-0276 Journal
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2Abstract
The mucosa associated lymphoid tissue regulates and coordinates immune responses against mucosal pathogens. Mucosal tissues are the major targets exposed to HIV during transmission. In this paper we describe in vitro models of HIV mucosal infection using human explants to investigate target cells within this tissue
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