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SUBMITTER: Santa-Marta M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3807056 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Santa-Marta Mariana M de Brito Paula Matos PM Godinho-Santos Ana A Goncalves Joao J
Frontiers in immunology 20131024
HIV and human defense mechanisms have co-evolved to counteract each other. In the process of infection, HIV takes advantage of cellular machinery and blocks the action of the host restriction factors (RF). A small subset of HIV+ individuals control HIV infection and progression to AIDS in the absence of treatment. These individuals known as long-term non-progressors (LNTPs) exhibit genetic and immunological characteristics that confer upon them an efficient resistance to infection and/or disease ...[more]