Expression of the IL-7 Receptor Alpha-Chain Is Down Regulated on the Surface of CD4 T-Cells by the HIV-1 Tat Protein

• Denny McLaughlin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Denny McLaughlin, Elliott Faller

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  ⨯
• Elliott Faller ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Denny McLaughlin, Elliott Faller

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  ⨯
• Scott Sugden,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  ⨯
• Paul MacPherson

  * E-mail: pmacpherson@toh.on.ca

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ottawa Hospital General Campus, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  ⨯