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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Simona Fiorentini
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-10147 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Fiorentini Simona S Riboldi Elena E Facchetti Fabio F Avolio Manuela M Fabbri Marco M Tosti Giorgio G Becker Pablo D PD Guzman Carlos A CA Sozzani Silvano S Caruso Arnaldo A
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080229 10
Numerical and functional defects in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are an important hallmark of progressive HIV-1 infection, yet its etiology remains obscure. HIV-1 p17 matrix protein (p17) modulates a variety of cellular responses, and its biological activity depends on the expression of p17 receptors (p17Rs) on the surface of target cells. In this study, we show that peripheral blood pDCs express p17Rs on their surface and that freshly isolated pDCs are sensitive to p17 stimulation. Upon ...[more]