Treatment with IL-7 Prevents the Decline of Circulating CD4+ T Cells during the Acute Phase of SIV Infection in Rhesus Macaques

Lia Vassena; Huiyi Miao; Raffaello Cimbro; Mauro S. Malnati; Giulia Cassina; Michael A. Proschan; Vanessa M. Hirsch; Bernard A. Lafont; Michel Morre; Anthony S. Fauci; Paolo Lusso

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002636

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Treatment with IL-7 Prevents the Decline of Circulating CD4⁺ T Cells during the Acute Phase of SIV Infection in Rhesus Macaques

Lia Vassena,

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
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Huiyi Miao,

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Raffaello Cimbro,

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Mauro S. Malnati,

Affiliation Human Virology Unit, DIBIT-HSR, Milano, Italy
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Giulia Cassina,

Affiliation Human Virology Unit, DIBIT-HSR, Milano, Italy
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Michael A. Proschan,

Affiliation Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Vanessa M. Hirsch,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Bernard A. Lafont,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Michel Morre,

Affiliation Cytheris, Issy-les Moulineaux, France
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Anthony S. Fauci,

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Paolo Lusso

* 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
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Treatment with IL-7 Prevents the Decline of Circulating CD4⁺ T Cells during the Acute Phase of SIV Infection in Rhesus Macaques

Lia Vassena,
Huiyi Miao,
Raffaello Cimbro,
Mauro S. Malnati,
Giulia Cassina,
Michael A. Proschan,
Vanessa M. Hirsch,
Bernard A. Lafont,
Michel Morre,
Anthony S. Fauci

Published: April 12, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002636

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