Red blood cells new sensitive markers for HIV disease progression?
11 September 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Basic science and immunology
HIV selectively suppresses anti-HIV defence cells
11 July 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
The number of CD4+ T cells infected with HIV is predictive of CD4+:CD8+ ratio
11 July 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
New evidence for NK cells as long-term host
11 July 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Greater thymic tissue associated with increased immunologic recovery
11 July 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
CD8+ T cells from HIV-exposed but uninfected individuals suppress HIV activity
11 July 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
HIV subtype D linked with faster progression to death than subtype A in Uganda study
11 July 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Measles found to suppress HIV
11 June 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Passive transfer of scrub typhus plasma linked to reduced HIV viral load and clinical improvement
10 April 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
HIV protease inhibitors have potent antiangiogenesis, antitumor effects
10 April 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Reseeding of viral reservoirs may explain poor response to HAART interruption
10 March 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Protease inhibitor based HAART and lymphoid regeneration
10 January 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
New findings explain T-cell loss in HIV infection
9 January 2002. Related: Basic science and immunology.
HIV-1 may revert to less pathogenic strain a few days after starting HAART
9 January 2002. Related: Conference reports, Basic science and immunology.
Detailed picture emerges of how HIV travels into and out of cells
9 December 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
High levels of HIV replication shut down anti-HIV immune responses
9 December 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Natural killer cell activity varies with viral burden in HIV-1 infection
9 December 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
HIV infects naive T cells leading to depletion
2 November 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Rapidly progressive HIV case highlights importance of specific immune response
2 November 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
CCR5 density on T cells directly correlates with HIV disease progression
2 November 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Human herpes virus 6 prevents CCR5 tropic HIV from spreading in human tissue cultures
2 November 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Dressed to kill? A review of why antiviral CD8 T lymphocytes fail to prevent progressive immunodeficiency in HIV-1 infection
1 October 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Lymphocyte receptor pattern heightens susceptibility of GI mucosa to HIV
1 October 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Acceleration of increasing plasma HIV RNA load signals incipient progression
1 October 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
NIMH scientists find new details of HIV viral reproduction process
1 October 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
AIDS virus’s ability to mimic other infections weakens the body’s defences against disease
1 October 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Immunologic profile of HIV-positive patients during viral remission and relapse on antiretroviral therapy
30 July 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Impaired replication of protease inhibitor-resistant HIV-1 in human thymus
30 July 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology, Drug resistance.
Basis of HIV resistance suggests new vaccine strategy
30 July 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology, Vaccines and microbicides.
Effect of a single amino acid change in MHC class I molecules on the rate of progression to AIDS
30 July 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Despite differences in viral load, men and women develop AIDS at the same rate
17 April 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Thymic output of CD4+ cells contributes to CD4+ cell and viral load dissociation
17 April 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
CTLs decrease with combination antiretroviral therapy but precursor cells remain
17 April 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Nef gene defects identified in paediatric long-term HIV survivors
17 January 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
NIH scientists highlight role of macrophages in HIV infection
17 January 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Chronically infected HIV patients can mount anti-HIV immune response
17 January 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Structured treatment interruption: important controlled trial in monkeys
17 January 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Baseline HIV levels, age determine degree of immune restoration with treatment
17 January 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Anti-HIV CD4+ and CD8+ assay allows rapid estimation of anti-HIV T cell response
17 January 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Interleukin-7 mediates T-cell homeostasis and increases HIV-1 replication
17 January 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Antiretrovirals do not independently affect T-cell count in HIV negative subjects
17 December 2000. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Zidovudine-didanosine coexposure potentiates DNA incorporation of zidovudine and mutagenesis in human cells
17 December 2000. Related: Basic science and immunology.
HLA-DR integrates with HIV-1 at chronic disease stage, may raise infectivity
17 December 2000. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Study shows immune system can control HIV: early antiviral treatment primes the immune system to suppress viral levels without drugs
17 October 2000. Related: Treatment strategies, Basic science and immunology.
Enhancement of HIV type 1-specific CD4 and CD8 T cell responses in chronically infected persons after temporary treatment interruption
17 October 2000. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Duration of incubation affects subsequent rate of HIV disease progression
16 September 2000. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Population of HIV-targeted CD8 cells fluctuates with viral load during chronic infection
16 September 2000. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Maintenance of large numbers of virus-specific CD8+ T cells in HIV-infected progressors and long-term nonprogressors
16 August 2000. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Accelerated replicative senescence of the peripheral immune system induced by HIV infection
16 July 2000. Related: Basic science and immunology.
CD8+-cell antiviral factors not restricted to cytotoxic T cells induced during HIV
15 June 2000. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Low level HIV replication despite good virological response may explain CD4+ cell decline in a patient receiving combination nucleoside analogue therapy
15 June 2000. Related: Antiretrovirals, Basic science and immunology.