About the Authors
- Lia Vassena
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Affiliations Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Human Virology Unit, DIBIT-HSR, Milano, Italy
- Huiyi Miao
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Affiliation Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Raffaello Cimbro
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Affiliation Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Mauro S. Malnati
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Affiliation Human Virology Unit, DIBIT-HSR, Milano, Italy
- Giulia Cassina
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Affiliation Human Virology Unit, DIBIT-HSR, Milano, Italy
- Michael A. Proschan
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Affiliation Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Vanessa M. Hirsch
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Bernard A. Lafont
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Michel Morre
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Affiliation Cytheris, Issy-les Moulineaux, France
- Anthony S. Fauci
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Affiliation Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Paolo Lusso
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* E-mail: plusso@niaid.nih.gov
Affiliation Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
M.M. is the CEO and Founder of Cytheris, which is developing IL-7 as an immune enhancer, and has provided the recombinant cytokine for this study. The other authors declare no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LV VMH MM ASF PL. Performed the experiments: LV HM RC VMH BAL PL. Analyzed the data: LV RC MSM GC MAP PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSM GC BAL MM. Wrote the paper: LV ASF PL.