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Oral keratinocytes support non-replicative infection and transfer of harbored HIV-1 to permissive cells

BACKGROUND: Oral keratinocytes on the mucosal surface are frequently exposed to HIV-1 through contact with infected sexual partners or nursing mothers. To determine the plausibility that oral keratinocytes are primary targets of HIV-1, we tested the hypothesis that HIV-1 infects oral keratinocytes i...

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Autores principales: Vacharaksa, Anjalee, Asrani, Anil C, Gebhard, Kristin H, Fasching, Claudine E, Giacaman, Rodrigo A, Janoff, Edward N, Ross, Karen F, Herzberg, Mark C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18637194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-5-66