CCR5 Expression Is Reduced in Lymph Nodes of HIV Type 1-Infected Women, Compared With Men, But Does Not Mediate Sex-Based Differences in Viral Loads | Zendy

Amie L. Meditz | Zendy; Joy M. Folkvord | Zendy; Ngan H. Lyle | Zendy; Kristina Searls | Zendy; Yolanda Lie | Zendy; Eoin Coakley | Zendy; Martin D. McCarter | Zendy; Samantha MaWhinney | Zendy; Elizabeth Connick | Zendy

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CCR5 Expression Is Reduced in Lymph Nodes of HIV Type 1-Infected Women, Compared With Men, But Does Not Mediate Sex-Based Differences in Viral Loads

Author(s) -

Amie L. Meditz,

Joy M. Folkvord,

Ngan H. Lyle,

Kristina Searls,

Yolanda Lie,

Eoin Coakley,

Martin D. McCarter,

Samantha MaWhinney,

Elizabeth Connick

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit575

Subject(s) - viral load , lymph node , lentivirus , lymph , viral replication , rna , virus , immunology , biology , flow cytometry , virology , viral disease , medicine , pathology , gene , genetics

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected women have lower viral loads than men but similar rates of disease progression. We hypothesized that sex-based differences in CCR5 expression mediate viral load differences.

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