The HIV-1 Tat Protein Induces the Activation of CD8⁺ T Cells and Affects In Vivo the Magnitude and Kinetics of Antiviral Responses

• Francesco Nicoli,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Valentina Finessi,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Mariaconcetta Sicurella,

  Affiliations Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Lara Rizzotto,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Sant'Anna, Ferrara, Italy

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• Eleonora Gallerani,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Federica Destro,

  Affiliations Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Aurelio Cafaro,

  Affiliation National AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Peggy Marconi,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Antonella Caputo,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Barbara Ensoli,

  Affiliation National AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Riccardo Gavioli

  * E-mail: r.gavioli@unife.it

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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