About the Authors
- Saurabh Mehandru
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Michael A Poles
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Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America , Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Klara Tenner-Racz
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Affiliation Bernhard-Nocht Institut Fur Tropenmedizin, Hamburg, Germany
- Patrick Jean-Pierre
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Victoria Manuelli
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Peter Lopez
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Anita Shet
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Andrea Low
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Hiroshi Mohri
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Daniel Boden
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Paul Racz
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Affiliation Bernhard-Nocht Institut Fur Tropenmedizin, Hamburg, Germany
- Martin Markowitz
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mmarkowitz@adarc.org
Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that they do not have commercial or other associations that might cause a conflict of interest.
Author Contributions
SM, MAP, and MM designed the study. SM, KTR, PR, and MM analyzed the data. SM, AS, AL, and MM enrolled patients. SM, MAP, KTR, DB, PR, and MM contributed to writing the paper. MAP is the gastroenterologist who performed all the study procedures and specimen collection. SM, PJP, VM, and PL collected data or carried out experiments for the study. KTR and PR provided immunohistochemistry and quantification of T cells in the LP, in situ hybridization and identification of cells with HIV gene expression, and the photomicrographs for this manuscript.