Nov 30th, 2015
It is desirable to strive towards an HIV vaccine that elicits mucosal protective immunity to prevent infection of immune cells
November 2015
Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV transmission in African children in the first year of life
Nov 27th, 2015
A recent study published in The Lancet showed the efficacy and safety of two infant drug regimens....
Levels of PD-L1 Expression on target cells helps to establish viral latency
Nov 23rd, 2015
During HIV infection, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) are able to eliminate virally infected cells at the acute stage of infection.
Microbial Gut diversity predicts immune status during HIV-1 infection
Nov 20th, 2015
It is known that HIV-1 infection alters intestinal barrier, causes gut microbiota dysbiosis, and results in systemic inflammation.
Stasis of CD8+ T Cells in the brain is a Signature of Cerebral Malaria
Nov 18th, 2015
In the November 12th edition of PloS Pathogens, Shaw et al explored the role of CD8+ T cells in an experimental model of cerebral malaria
Diversity of lipid envelopes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Nov 17th, 2015
Multi-drug resistant forms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) hamper global efforts to control the spread of TB, a threat to public health
A new reservoir of HIV found within peripheral Vδ2 T cells
Nov 13th, 2015
Conventional T cells (which have an alpha:beta T cell receptor) make up the majority of T cells in the peripheral circulation....
A new marker denotes exhausted CD8+ T cells during chronic viral infections
Nov 11th, 2015
Persistent viruses induce a state of chronic viral infection that is characterized by inducing a state of T cell........
New antibodies that target sugars on the HIV-1 envelope
Nov 9th, 2015
The CD4 binding site on the gp120 portion of the envelope protein of HIV-1 is a vulnerable site, that when targeted could cripple ...