Expression of HIV receptors, alternate receptors and co-receptors on tonsillar epithelium: implications for HIV binding and primary oral infection

BACKGROUND: Primary HIV infection can develop from exposure to HIV in the oral cavity. In previous studies, we have documented rapid and extensive binding of HIV virions in seminal plasma to intact mucosal surfaces of the palatine tonsil and also found that virions readily penetrated beneath the tis...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Renu B, Maher, Diane M, Herzberg, Mark C, Southern, Peter J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16600047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-3-25

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16600047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-3-25

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