Porphyromonas gingivalis induces CCR5-dependent transfer of infectious HIV-1 from oral keratinocytes to permissive cells

BACKGROUND: Systemic infection with HIV occurs infrequently through the oral route. The frequency of occurrence may be increased by concomitant bacterial infection of the oral tissues, since co-infection and inflammation of some cell types increases HIV-1 replication. A putative periodontal pathogen...

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Autores principales: Giacaman, Rodrigo A, Asrani, Anil C, Gebhard, Kristin H, Dietrich, Elizabeth A, Vacharaksa, Anjalee, Ross, Karen F, Herzberg, Mark C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18371227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-5-29

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